| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  l b |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: lubed, lub·ing, lubes
Informal To lubricate (a car's joints, for example). | | NOUN: | A lubricant, especially one applied to machinery: silicone lube. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Shortening and alteration of lubricant and lubricate.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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