{
    "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’."
}