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What (who) is lubricate - definition

PROCESS OR TECHNIQUE EMPLOYED TO REDUCE FRICTION BETWEEN, AND WEAR OF ONE OR BOTH, SURFACES IN PROXIMITY AND MOVING RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, BY INTERPOSING A SUBSTANCE CALLED A LUBRICANT IN BETWEEN THEM

Lubricating; Greasing; Lubricate; Boundary lubrication; Elastohydrodynamic lubrication; Elastohydrodynamic

lubricate

v. a.

Smooth, make slippery.

Lubricate

·vt To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.

II. Lubricate ·vt To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.

lubricate

(lubricates, lubricating, lubricated)

1.

If you lubricate something such as a part of a machine, you put a substance such as oil on it so that it moves smoothly. (FORMAL)

Mineral oils are used to lubricate machinery.

...lubricating oil.

VERB: V n, V-ing, also V

• lubrication

Use a touch of linseed oil for lubrication.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you say that something lubricates a particular situation, you mean that it helps things to happen without any problems.

Franklin's task was to lubricate the discussions with the French.

VERB: V n

Wikipedia

Lubrication

Lubrication is the process or technique of using a lubricant to reduce friction and wear and tear in a contact between two surfaces. The study of lubrication is a discipline in the field of tribology.

Lubrication mechanisms such as fluid-lubricated systems are designed so that the applied load is partially or completely carried by hydrodynamic or hydrostatic pressure, which reduces solid body interactions (and consequently friction and wear). Depending on the degree of surface separation, different lubrication regimes can be distinguished.

Adequate lubrication allows smooth, continuous operation of machine elements, reduces the rate of wear, and prevents excessive stresses or seizures at bearings. When lubrication breaks down, components can rub destructively against each other, causing heat, local welding, destructive damage and failure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubrication

Examples of use of lubricate

1. The industry still helps lubricate the local economy.

2. There will not be so much money to lubricate further reform in the near future.

3. They also plan to lubricate a similar joint for the station‘s left solar wing.

4. "Anything that will lubricate the wheels of global trade is good news," Woolson said.

5. The '6–octane gasoline contains lead, intended to lubricate engine parts and reduce wear and tear.