lubricate

A thick liquid known as synovial fluid also helps lubricate your knees, hips and shoulders.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Drilling fluid is a liquid used to cool and lubricate equipment during drilling.

From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026

These days, of course, pesky things like WhatsApp rather lubricate the friction of distance of folk being in different places.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024

The movie, which Tom Gustafson directed and Cory Krueckeberg wrote, weaves together various Indigo Girls songs from various eras in order to lubricate communication.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Girls were beginning to bob their hair and boys to lubricate theirs.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

One key defense against this process: a network of de-watering wells, which pump out the water that lubricates the soil’s clay layers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Butter also lubricates your mouth, which tends to compliment the dish's natural astringency.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

The fluid lubricates faults, resulting in slow slips that produce small earthquakes.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024

Most of it is absorbed by our cells; the rest lubricates muscles and tissues and generates saliva.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 14, 2023

Whatever it is that lubricates joints I think must be in low supply now, because every moving part aches.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

The beauty industry is offering up a bevy of solutions, including creams and massage rollers, lubricated silicon masks and even futuristic-looking LED red-light collars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

This slippery coating is essential for keeping the colon lubricated and stool soft.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

Armies of commentators, reporters and photographers were hauled off to the 49th state expecting a vintage Trump performance, of the sort that has lubricated their industry for an entire decade.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

With the lubricated ground shifting, at times, nine to 12 inches a week, utility companies shut off electricity, gas and internet for hundreds of homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

"Ah, that's the problem, then. You've not lubricated your chawbones."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Investigators linked the tanker to 2.6 million gallons of Texas diesel falsely labeled as lubricating oil additives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

"After lubricating the outer walls of the drain eventually we could get the hedgehog out."

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Jubail is home to one of the world's largest industrial cities, where steel, gasoline, petrochemicals, lubricating oil and chemical fertilisers are produced.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

The lubricating coating used in the study is based on lipid bilayers, structures commonly found in the membranes of living cells.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026

Tins of lubricating oil in the afterholds had ignited and were exploding, but the ones forward had not been exposed to the fire.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor