Lube
[loob] /lub/
noun, Informal.
1.
.
2.
lubrication, especially an application of a to a vehicle.
verb (used with object), lubed, lubing.
3.
to lubricate:
to lube a bicycle chain.
1934, colloquial shortening of lubrication. As a verb (short for lubricate) recorded from 1961.
modifier
: lube rack
noun
[last sense from the likening of butter and grease]
1.
lubricant
2.
lubricate
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