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lubricate |
lubricated |
lubricating oil |
lubricating substance |
lubricating system |
lubrication
| lubricator
| lubricious
| lubricitate
| lubricity
| lubricous
lubrication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lubrication has 2 senses
- lubrication(n = noun.state) - the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant; is a kind of condition, status
- lubrication(n = noun.act) - an application of a lubricant to something; is a kind of application, coating, covering
Derived forms verb lubricate3, verb lubricate2, verb lubricate1
Derived forms verb lubricate3, verb lubricate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
lubrication, n.
The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
lubrication
Smoothness
N smoothness, polish, gloss, lubricity, lubrication, down, velvet, velure, silk, satin, velveteen, velour, velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green, asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron, burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish, lapidary, lapidary, lapidarian, smooth, polished, leiodermatous, slick, velutinous, even, level, plane, sleek, glossy, silken, silky, lanate, downy, velvety, glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly, smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig.Lubrication
N lubrication, smoothness, unctuousness, lubrication, lubrification, anointment, oiling, synovia, glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease, saliva, lather, teflon, lubricated, lubricous, lubrication, smoothness, unctuousness, lubrication, lubrification, anointment, oiling, synovia, glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease, saliva, lather, teflon, lubricated, lubricous.Unctuousness
N unctuousness, unctuosity, lubricity, ointment, anointment, lubrication, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous, unguinous, fat, fatty, greasy, waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous, pinguid, lardaceous, slippery.
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