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degreasing

degreasing is the present participle and gerund of degrease.

Meaning of degrease

Verb

degrease (third-person singular simple present degreases, present participle degreasing, simple past and past participle degreased)

  1. (transitive) To remove grease from something.

Noun

degreasing (plural degreasings)

  1. The removal of grease from something

Forms of degreasing

pluraldegreasings

Questions about degreasing

What does degreasing mean?
Degreasing means the removal of grease from something.
What is degreasing the present participle and gerund of?
Degreasing is the present participle and gerund of degrease.
What part of speech is degreasing?
Degreasing is a noun.
What is the plural of degreasing?
The plural of degreasing is degreasings.

Words near degreasing in the dictionary

  1. degrease
  2. degreased
  3. degreaser
  4. degreasers
  5. degreases
  6. degreasing
  7. degreasings
  8. degredation
  9. degredations
  10. degree
  11. degree absolute

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Adapted from Wiktionary: degreasing (page history and authors); degrease (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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