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Definition of lubricate
lubricated
;lubricating
transitive verb
1 : to make smooth or slippery
2 : to apply a lubricant to
intransitive verb
: to act as a lubricant
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Examples of lubricate in a Sentence
it's not a good idea to use olive oil to lubricate the gears in an appliance
Recent Examples of lubricate from the Web
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Slowing the phase-out of that expansion would be expensive, but could lubricate a lot of votes.
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At the school, Haban learned to be a machinist for LDI Industries, which makes hydraulic components and lubricating equipment.
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Mercury’s discipline and Jupiter’s carefree ways meet in the middle to bring ease and fun to serious matters and help lubricate conversations around sometimes heavy topics — especially money.
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And because oil profits lubricate the Russian economy, the Kremlin was casting about for a solution.
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Energy Transfer Partners has asserted that the spills of nontoxic drilling mud, used to cool and lubricate drilling equipment, were inadvertent and had been predicted in its permit application to build the Rover gas pipeline.
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But this event, helmed by Susan Ungaro, the foundation's president, was a night for deep thinking, lubricated by some of Vermilion's signature cocktails.
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Now a word from our sponsor, self-lubricating catheters.
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Enceladus’s orbital wobbles show that the moon’s core and icy shell slightly slip past each other, a scenario best explained by a lubricating global ocean of liquid water at least 16 miles thick.
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Origin and Etymology of lubricate
Latin lubricatus, past participle of lubricare, from lubricus slippery — more at sleeve
LUBRICATE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of lubricate for English Language Learners
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: to make (something) smooth or slippery : to apply a lubricant to (something, such as a machine or a part of a machine)
LUBRICATE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of lubricate for Students
lubricated
;lubricating
: : to apply oil or grease to in order to make smooth or slippery Mechanics lubricated the gears.
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