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{
"term": "lubricate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "lubricate",
"heSheIt": "lubricates"
},
"pastSimple": "lubricated",
"pastParticiple": "lubricated",
"ingForm": "lubricating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to put a lubricant on something such as the parts of a machine, to help them move smoothly",
"sensetop": "lubricate something",
"examples": [],
"synonyms": "grease, oil"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪt/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪts/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪt/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪts/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈluːbrɪkeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "lu/lubricate/lubricating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin lubricat- ‘made slippery’, from the verb lubricare, from lubricus ‘slippery’."
}