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creesh

creesh verb: to grease.

Verb

creesh (third-person singular simple present creeshes, present participle creeshing, simple past and past participle creeshed)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To grease.

Noun

creesh (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland) Grease.

Forms of creesh

third-person singular presentcreeshes
present participlecreeshing
past participlecreeshed
pastcreeshed

Origin of creesh

From Old French craisse, from Latin crassus (“fat”).

Words formed from creesh

Questions about creesh

What does creesh mean?
Creesh means to grease.
What part of speech is creesh?
Creesh can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of creesh?
The past tense of creesh is creeshed.

Words near creesh in the dictionary

  1. Creers
  2. Crees
  3. creese
  4. creesed
  5. creeses
  6. creesh
  7. creeshed
  8. creeshes
  9. creeshing
  10. creeshy
  11. creesing

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