0 to use a substance such as oil to make a machine operate more easily, or to prevent something sticking or rubbing: --
1 to put oil or an oily substance on or in something so that its parts move easily: --
That requires pushing forward with public investment to lubricate the supply side of the economy in infrastructure.
Their uses run from being a power source for camping and caravanning to providing power for railway track lubricating units.
The condition is that tenderers should offer a variety of lubricating oils from not less than two competing and unassociated wholesale distributors.
The variety of lubricating oils and other non-petrol products on sale in the forecourts of garages is a matter for the individual retailer.
Human social life is lubricated by the exchange of expressions of corresponding sentiments.
Nonetheless, the case-study evidence indicates that backward and forward linkages between agricultural and non-agricultural activity spheres are present with respect to lubricating investment and purchasing power.
Third, the texturised skin material reduces the lubricating effect of liquids, so the friction coefficient remains high enough to hold objects without slipping.
The latter is characterized as the 'social oil' that lubricates the less dense but more cross-cutting ties, perhaps with work colleagues or acquaintances in a local community.