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greix — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blubber verb To cry loudly and messily, often with heavy sobbing.
  • fat noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
  • grease noun Melted or soft animal fat, or any thick oily substance used for lubrication.

Senses

greix is used for these senses in English:

  • fat (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
  • grease Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

blubber — full definition

  1. verb To cry loudly and messily, often with heavy sobbing.
  2. noun The thick layer of fat beneath the skin of whales and other marine mammals that keeps them warm.
  3. noun Informal: excess body fat on a person.

fat — full definition

  1. noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
  2. adj Having a large amount of body fat; overweight.
  3. noun The most valuable or wasteful part of something, as in "trim the fat" from a budget.

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