lube

• enPR: lo͞ob, IPA^(key): /luːb/

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• Rhymes: -uːb

Clipping of lubricant.

lube (countable and uncountable, plural lubes)

1. (informal) Lubricant.

   Jasmine put lube on her bike chain in preparation for the big race.

• auto-lube
• lube job
• lubeless

Clipping of lubricate.

lube (third-person singular simple present lubes, present participle lubing, simple past and past participle lubed)

1. (transitive, informal) To lubricate.

   Jeff lubed up his Rubik's Cube before entering the competition.

• lube up

Clipping of lubricating.

lube (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Lubricating.
   • '2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.6 Fuel and Lubricating Oil”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015‎, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, page 37:

     The main engine lube oil sump had a maximum capacity of 2,870 gallons, with a high-level operating capacity of 2,020 gallons, a normal operating level of 1,426 gallons, and a low level of 724 gallons. The alteration section of the construction diagram for the lubricating system of the Ponce-class vessels shows that in 1972, before El Faros keel was laid, the original design specifications for the operating levels of the lube oil sump were changed. The operating capacity was increased from 900 gallons to 1,426 gallons, the low-level capacity was decreased from 750 gallons to 724 gallons, and the sump design capacity was decreased from 4,250 gallons to 2,870 gallons.

• Blue, Buel, blue

• IPA^(key): /ˈlubɛ/, [ˈlubə]

lube

1. inflection of luby:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.bɛ/
• Rhymes: -ubɛ
• Syllabification: lu‧be

lube

1. inflection of luby:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural