verb transitiveWord forms: deˈgreased or deˈgreasing
to remove grease or a greasy substance from
Derived forms
degreaser (deˈgreaser)
noun
degrease in American English
(diˈɡris, -ˈɡriz)
transitive verbWord forms: -greased, -greasing
to remove grease, oil, or the like, from, esp. by treating with a chemical
Derived forms
degreaser
noun
Word origin
[1885–90; de- + grease]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, roller coaster, seminar, twoferde- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), or intensity (decompound)
Examples of 'degrease' in a sentence
degrease
It simply says what it does: 'degrease'.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Run the bath, add the fluid, then leave overnight to degrease and descale bath and pipes.