Examples of lubricate in a Sentence
it's not a good idea to use olive oil to lubricate the gears in an appliance
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Another little mantra is keep it hot, keep it clean, keep it lubricated.
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Audaciously, Godwin and Fiennes interpret Shakespeare’s aphorism as the kind of meaningless cant that lubricates a man’s internal slide toward murder.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Audaciously, Godwin and Fiennes interpret Shakespeare’s aphorism as the kind of meaningless cant that lubricates a man’s internal slide toward murder.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Lubricate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lubricate. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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lubricate
verb
lu·bri·cate
ˈlü-brə-ˌkāt 
lubricated; lubricating
1
: to make smooth or slippery
2
: to apply a lubricant to
lubricate a car
3
: to act as a lubricant
Medical Definition
lubricate
transitive verb
lu·bri·cate
ˈlü-bri-ˌkāt
lubricated; lubricating
: to make smooth, slippery, or oily in motion, action, or appearance
lubricate the eye
lubricate the skin
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