lubricate
verb (used with object)
to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-lubricating
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a word derived from
lubricate.
Example Sentences
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He is sui generis — a weird, self-lubricating machine put on this Earth to use brushes and paint instead of a lens and film to capture “quick things passing,” as the artist puts it.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
"Kissing the mucus and flesh of corals with self-lubricating lips was not what we were expecting," said marine biologist Víctor Huertas of James Cook University in Australia.
From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2017
Once an associate likened him to a bearing, "self-lubricating, smooth, eliminates friction and carries the load."
From Time Magazine Archive
The leading advantages of "G. E's" new device are that it is automatic, self-lubricating, and practically noiseless.
From Time Magazine Archive
The scheme of the Esoteric and the Exoteric is a sliding, self-lubricating, self-adjusting, non-copyrighted invention—perfect in its workings—that all wise theologians fall back upon in time of stress.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard
