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Definition of Lubricate
1. Verb. Have lubricating properties. "The liquid in this can lubricates well"
2. Verb. Apply a lubricant to. "Lubricate my car"
Generic synonyms: Fill, Fill Up, Make Full
Derivative terms: Lubricant, Lubrication, Lubrication
3. Verb. Make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant. "Lubricate the key"
Definition of Lubricate
1. v. t. To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.
Definition of Lubricate
1. Verb. To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lubricate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubricate
Literary usage of Lubricate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"Farts to lubricate are explained above. Note the transmission is at the rear of
... 100—Parts to lubricate on a Modern Oar: Studebaker Six and Hudson Super ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... water in the cylinders and slide-valves, arising from the condensation of a
portion of the steam, and this suffices to lubricate the piston and valves. ..."
3. The Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Objects by Thomas Davies (1881)
"To the edge of the saw I hold my specimen, and as it cuts I lubricate the edge
with a small brash dipped in turpentine. With this method I have cut ..."
4. The Pillar of Fire: A Profane Baccalaureate by Seymour Deming (1915)
"To lubricate the heated bearings of this discussion of class dominance in our
colleges, let us appeal to the oracle. ..."
5. The Commoner Diseases of the Eye: How to Detect and how to Treat Them by Casey Albert Wood, Thomas Adams Woodruff (1904)
"How they protect, lubricate and cleanse the front of the eyeball.—The tarsus,
the cilia and the meibomian glands.—"Black eye."— Styes. ..."
6. The London Medical Recorder (1850)
"If, then, this secretion be not thrown out in sufficient quantity to lubricate
the internal coat, and mix freely with the fecal matter, the irritation ..."
7. Triple & Quadruple Expansion Engines & Boilers, and Their Management by Alexander Ritchie Leask (1902)
"... Pump Lever Brasses- -Liners—Chipping Brasses—Bearing Surface—Hints on adjusting
Brasses—Care of Built Crank Shafts—Guide Bars and Shoes—How to lubricate ..."
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