lubricate.
To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.
Meaning & usage
To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.
If your bicycle chain is squeaking you should lubricate it.
To cause someone to become drunk, especially to make them more sociable or talkative.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin lūbricātus, perfect passive participle of lūbricō (“make slippery”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from lūbricus (“slippery”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”).
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