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degrease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
de-grease
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove grease from something.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Latin crassus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease English degrease From de- + grease.

Usage

Inflected Forms

degreases (present, singular) degreasing (participle, present) degreased (participle, past) degreased (past)

Derived Forms

degreaser nondegreased

Questions

What does degrease mean?
To remove grease from something.
Where does degrease come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Latin crassus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *crassia Anglo-Norman grecebor. Middle English grece English grease English degrease From de- + grease.

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