0 past simple and past participle of lubricate
1 to use a substance such as oil to make a machine operate more easily, or to prevent something sticking or rubbing:
The flows which the oil companies call lubricated are wavy core flows, not perfect core-annular flows.
However, their rule has been lubricated by oil wealth.
With a friendly hand he still holds it back, before decidedly pushing it closed - which the click of the powerful but well lubricated spring pleasantly assures him of.
Human social life is lubricated by the exchange of expressions of corresponding sentiments.
The important thing for local government is that the chassis should be well lubricated and the vehicle well stocked with fuel.
It is claimed to be the first ship in the world with automatically lubricated rudder bearings.
He said that society is a complex mass of relationships which time and usage have lubricated.
Their propaganda machine has never been so lubricated and so professional world-wide.
