"lube" meaning in English

See lube in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /luːb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lube.wav
enPR: lo͞ob Rhymes: -uːb Etymology: Clipping of lubricating. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|lubricating}} Clipping of lubricating Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lube (not comparable)
  1. (colloquial) Lubricating. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lube-en-adj-GtZ4VEPh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /luːb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lube.wav Forms: lubes [plural]
enPR: lo͞ob Rhymes: -uːb Etymology: Clipping of lubricant. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|lubricant}} Clipping of lubricant Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lube (countable and uncountable, plural lubes)
  1. (informal) Lubricant. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Derived forms: auto-lube, lube job, lubeless
    Sense id: en-lube-en-noun-WvtqfDjy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 59 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 58 12 7 3 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 59 17 5 3 5 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /luːb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lube.wav Forms: lubes [present, singular, third-person], lubing [participle, present], lubed [participle, past], lubed [past]
enPR: lo͞ob Rhymes: -uːb Etymology: Clipping of lubricate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|lubricate}} Clipping of lubricate Head templates: {{en-verb}} lube (third-person singular simple present lubes, present participle lubing, simple past and past participle lubed)
  1. (transitive, informal) To lubricate. Tags: informal, transitive Derived forms: lube up
    Sense id: en-lube-en-verb-I0S570ZH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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