lubricate

English Thesaurus

1. make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant (verb.change)

hypernym	:	alter, change, modify,
definition	:	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change)

2. apply a lubricant to (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	fill, fill up, make full,
definition	:	make full, also in a metaphorical sense (verb.change)

3. have lubricating properties (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	be,
definition	:	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)

4. make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant (verb.change)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	an application of a lubricant to something (noun.act)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant (noun.state)

derivation	:	lube, lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator,
definition	:	a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery (noun.substance)

5. apply a lubricant to (verb.contact)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	an application of a lubricant to something (noun.act)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant (noun.state)

derivation	:	lube, lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator,
definition	:	a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery (noun.substance)

6. have lubricating properties (verb.stative)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant (noun.state)

derivation	:	lube, lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator,
definition	:	a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery (noun.substance)

7. make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant (verb.change)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	an application of a lubricant to something (noun.act)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant (noun.state)

derivation	:	lube, lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator,
definition	:	a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery (noun.substance)

8. apply a lubricant to (verb.contact)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	an application of a lubricant to something (noun.act)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant (noun.state)

derivation	:	lube, lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator,
definition	:	a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery (noun.substance)

9. have lubricating properties (verb.stative)

derivation	:	lubrication,
definition	:	the condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant (noun.state)

derivation	:	lube, lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator,
definition	:	a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery (noun.substance)