Examples of lubricate in a Sentence
Colleen Murphy, Health, 5 Apr. 2024
The trickiest part was not flying the plane but refueling it and lubricating the engine in mid-air.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
A bit of housekeeping After BAFTA attendees were properly lubricated at the pre-show cocktail reception, Royal Festival Hall staff had the unenviable task of herding them into the theater, where many continued to drink champagne out of paper cups.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
Stewart recommends camellia oil, a Japanese oil extracted from the seed of a flowering shrub, to lubricate moving parts of tools and protect them from rusting with a preventative coating.
—Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2024
The huge specimens are grilled simply with butter, lemon and garlic and are best eaten by hand in a ritual of shameless, messy silence, lubricated by a cleansing Carib beer.
—Dominic Kocur, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024
Airplanes carry thousands of pounds of jet fuel for most flights, and other fluids like hydraulics and lubricating oil can be flammable.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
Sufficiently lubricated, Lynch handed Burke his phone and asked him to read a long note.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Inside, Omega upgraded the movement with various new components, more durable polymers, and lubricating oils specially chosen for their resistance to heat.
—Chris Hall, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024
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Word History
borrowed from Latin lūbricātus, past participle of lūbricāre "to make slippery," derivative of lūbricus "slippery, hard to hold, liable to lead to false steps, hazardous" — more at sleeve
circa 1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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“Lubricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lubricate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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lubricate
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lubricate
transitive verb
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