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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