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mislubricate

mislubricate verb: to lubricate incorrectly.

Verb

mislubricate (third-person singular simple present mislubricates, present participle mislubricating, simple past and past participle mislubricated)

  1. To lubricate incorrectly.
    • The tendency at present is to overload and mislubricate1913, Flight International - Volume 4, page 1154
    • […] to ensure that nothing is overlooked, or mislubricated from lack of experience.1977, Hydrocarbon Processing - Volume 56, page 81

Forms of mislubricate

third-person singular presentmislubricates
present participlemislubricating
past participlemislubricated
pastmislubricated

Origin of mislubricate

From mis- + lubricate.

Questions about mislubricate

What does mislubricate mean?
Mislubricate means to lubricate incorrectly.
What part of speech is mislubricate?
Mislubricate is a verb.
What is the past tense of mislubricate?
The past tense of mislubricate is mislubricated.

Words near mislubricate in the dictionary

  1. mislove
  2. misloved
  3. misloves
  4. misloving
  5. misls
  6. mislubricate
  7. mislubricated
  8. mislubricates
  9. mislubricating
  10. misluck
  11. mislucked

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