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lu⋅bri⋅cate

  [loo-bri-keyt] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
Use lubricate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
2. to make slippery or smooth; apply a lubricant to: to lubricate one's hands with a lotion.
3. to smooth over, as a difficulty or human relationship; ease: to lubricate the friction between enemies.
4. Slang. to provide with intoxicating drinks.
5. Slang. to bribe.
–verb (used without object)
6. to act as a lubricant.
7. to apply a lubricant to something.
8. Slang. to drink or become drunk.
Origin:
1615–25; < L lūbricātus, ptp. of lūbricāre to make slippery. See lubric, -ate 1

Related forms:
lu⋅bri⋅ca⋅tion, noun
lu⋅bri⋅ca⋅tion⋅al, adjective
lu⋅bri⋅ca⋅tive, adjective
lu⋅bri⋅ca⋅to⋅ry  [loo-bri-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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lu·bri·cate   (lōō'brĭ-kāt')   
v.   lu·bri·cat·ed, lu·bri·cat·ing, lu·bri·cates

v.   tr.
  1. To apply a lubricant to.
  2. To make slippery or smooth.
v.   intr.
To act as a lubricant.

[Latin lūbricāre, lūbricāt-, from lūbricus, slippery; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
lu'bri·ca'tion n., lu'bri·ca'tive adj.
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Lubricate

Lu"bri*cate\, v. t. [L. lubricatus, p. p. of lubricare to lubricate. See Lubric.]

1. To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. --S. Sharp.

Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine. --Young.

2. To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : lubricate
Spanish: lubricar, engrasar,
German: schmieren,
Japanese: 油をさす
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lubricate 
1623, from L. lubricatus, pp. of lubricare "to make slippery or smooth," from lubricus "slippery." Colloquial shortening lube is attested from 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: lu·bri·cate
Pronunciation: 'lü-bri-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed; -cat·ing
: to make smooth, slippery, or oily in motion, action, or appearance <lubricate the eye> <lubricate the skin> —lu·bri·ca·tion /"lü-br&-'kA-sh&n/ noun
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