degreasev.
/diːˈɡriːs/ transitive. To remove grease or fat from.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > smear with fat or grease > make greasy > remove fat or grease from
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1889 Cent. Dict. Degrease.
1958 New Scientist 3 July 305/1 The zinc layer is removed by three minutes' ‘pickling’ (the steel being degreased at the same time).
1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. iv. 167 Wool fabric can also be degreased in a continuous manner by use of the I.C.I. trichloroethylene process.
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 531/1 The complete container is degreased inside and out.
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deˈgreaser n.
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §158 at Extractor Benzine degreaser, bone degreaser (benzine process), degreaser, extracts grease (or tallow) from kitchen stuff, or butchers' scraps, by dissolving fat in petrol or benzine.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §334 Degreaser, in fellmongery puts pelts in tanks..containing benzine..to remove grease.
1930 S. Field & A. D. Weill Electro-plating iv. 80 This principle is achieved by..‘de-greasers’.
deˈgreasing n. and adj.
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1900 S. P. Sadtler Handbk. Industr. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) ix. 310 The only treatment of this kind, known technically as a degreasing process, is that with petroleum-naphtha.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 153/1 Degreasing, the process of extracting fat or grease from wool and bones by means of benzene or other solvent.
1939 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 139 168 The author compares the results of degreasing tests on a number of steel specimens covered with oil and fat..using petrol and three other unnamed degreasing agents.
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