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LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE

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• LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE (noun)
The noun LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE has 1 sense:

1. a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery

Familiarity information: LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE used as a noun is very rare.

• LUBRICATING SUBSTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

lube; lubricant; lubricating substance; lubricator

Hypernyms ("lubricating substance" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lubricating substance"):

drilling fluid; drilling mud (a mixture of clays and chemicals and water; pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole)

motor oil (oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor)

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(English proverb)
"Drop by drop would make a lake."
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"All sunshine makes a desert."
(Arabic proverb)
"Those who had some shame are dead."
(Egyptian proverb)

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