Past tense of grease
regular verb
The past tense of grease is greased. The past participle is also greased.
Forms of grease
| Base form (V1) | grease /ɡɹis/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | greased |
| Past participle (V3) | greased |
| Present participle | greasing |
| Third person singular | greases |
Greased in a sentence
- Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.2008, Byron Archibald Dunn, With Lyon in Missouri
- His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.2009, Dan Richardson, GOG - an End Time Mystery
- Some of the bearings on this machine have zerk fittings for a grease gun. Make sure you keep it greased up.From the entry greased up
- That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil.2015, Joshua Gaylord, When We Were Animals, →ISBN. From the entry slicker
- I got on that computer faster than greased lightning and sent him an email.2006, Kerri Pomarolli, If I'm Waiting on God, Then What Am I Doing in a Christian Chatroom?: Confessions of a Do-It-Yourself Single. From the entry greased lightning
Meaning of grease
- noun Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
- noun Any oily or fatty matter.
- noun Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
Questions about the past tense of grease
- What is the past tense of grease?
- The past tense of grease is greased.
- What is the past participle of grease?
- The past participle of grease is greased.
- Is grease a regular or irregular verb?
- Grease is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grease (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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