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overlubricate

overlubricate verb: to lubricate too much.

Verb

overlubricate (third-person singular simple present overlubricates, present participle overlubricating, simple past and past participle overlubricated)

  1. (transitive) To lubricate too much.
    Antonyms:
    underlubricate

Antonyms of overlubricate

Forms of overlubricate

third-person singular presentoverlubricates
present participleoverlubricating
past participleoverlubricated
pastoverlubricated

Origin of overlubricate

From over- + lubricate.

Questions about overlubricate

What does overlubricate mean?
Overlubricate means to lubricate too much.
What part of speech is overlubricate?
Overlubricate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overlubricate?
The past tense of overlubricate is overlubricated.

Words near overlubricate in the dictionary

  1. overloves
  2. overloving
  3. overlow
  4. overloyal
  5. overloyalty
  6. overlubricate
  7. overlubricated
  8. overlubricates
  9. overlubricating
  10. overlubrication
  11. overluminosities

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