Usually means: Reducing friction between moving surfaces.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word lubricating:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. lubricating: Merriam-Webster
  2. lubricating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lubricating: Vocabulary.com
  4. Lubricating, lubricating: Wordnik
  5. lubricating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lubricating: Wiktionary
  7. lubricating: Dictionary.com
  8. lubricating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. lubricating: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. lubricating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lubricating: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lubricating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. lubricating: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  That lubricates.

Similar:
lube, oil, grease, superlubric, greasable, greaseable, facilitatory, loosenable, oilable, supporting, more...

Opposite:
friction, abrasive, sticking, grinding, rough

Phrases:
lubricating oil, lubricating oils, lubricating fluid, lubricating system, lubricating substance, more...

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Similar:
lube, oil, grease, superlubric, greasable, greaseable, facilitatory, loosenable, oilable, supporting, more...

Opposite:
friction, abrasive, sticking, grinding, rough

Phrases:
lubricating oil, lubricating oils, lubricating fluid, lubricating system, lubricating substance, lubricating cream, force-feed lubricating system, force feed lubricating system, more...

Colors:
    silver,     gray,     black,     blue,     green, more...



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