Dictionary Entry
lubricate
lubricate is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.
- 2transitive verb
To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.
- 3verb
make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant
"lubricate the key"
- 4verb
apply a lubricant to
"lubricate my car"
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- 5verb
have lubricating properties
"the liquid in this can lubricates well"
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