Definition of "lubricating" []

• Present participle of lubricate. (verb)
• Of or pertaining to something that lubricates. (adjective)

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• "I can see this "granting" business has worked somewhat in lubricating this somewhat incestuous exercise of reviewing one's own work."
• "A second explanation, probably the most widely accepted right now, is that ice is slippery because friction between objects and ice melts the ice, creating a thin lubricating film of water."
• ""You torpedomen never heard of anything called lubricating oil?""