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lube

/luːb/

lube noun: lubricant. Also the clipping of lubricate.

Noun

lube (countable and uncountable, plural lubes)

  1. (informal) Lubricant.
    • Jasmine put lube on her bike chain in preparation for the big race.
    • Squeezing a healthy dollop of lube onto her rosebud, he stretched the tight ring and forced more lubrication into her ass.2017, Corinne Davies, The 3xtasy Lake Collection, volume 2, page 128

Adjective

lube (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Lubricating.
    • 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...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...

Also used as

lube is also the clipping of lubricate.

lube meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

lube in Hindi

लूब, ल्यूब, लूबे

lube in Marathi

ल्युब, ल्यूब, ल्युब करण्यासाठी

lube in Urdu

لیوب

lube in Bengali

লুব, লুবে, ল্যুব
More languagesFewer languages
lube in Telugu
లూబ్, ల్యూబ్
lube in Malayalam
ലൂബ്, ല്യൂബ്
lube in Kannada
ಲೂಬ್, ಲ್ಯೂಬ್
lube in Punjabi
ਲੂਬੇ, ਲੂਬ
lube in Gujarati
લ્યુબ, લ્યુબે
lube in Odia
ଲ୍ଯ଼ୁବ୍, ଲୁବ୍, ଲ୍ଯ଼ୁବ
lube in Nepali
ल्युब, ल्युबे, लुबे

Forms of lube

Noun
plurallubes
Verb
third-person singular presentlubes
present participlelubing
past participlelubed
pastlubed

Origin of lube

Clipping of lubricant.

Clipping of lubricate.

Clipping of lubricating.

Words formed from lube

Phrases with lube

Words that rhyme with lube

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Questions about lube

What does lube mean?
Lube means lubricant.
What is lube in Hindi?
Lube in Hindi is लूब, ल्यूब, लूबे. See Lube meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lube?
Lube can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce lube?
Lube is pronounced /luːb/.
What is the plural of lube?
The plural of lube is lubes.

Words near lube in the dictionary

  1. Lubbockite
  2. Lubbye
  3. Lubbyes
  4. Lubchansky
  5. Lubchanskys
  6. lube
  7. lube job
  8. lube jobs
  9. lube up
  10. Lubec
  11. Lubeck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lube (page history and authors); lube (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lube (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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