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Lubricate vs Glabrous - What's the difference?

lubricate | glabrous |

As a verb lubricate

is to make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.

As an adjective glabrous is

smooth, hairless; bald.

lubricate

English

Verb

(lubricat)
  • To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.

    • Derived terms

    * lubricant

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    glabrous

    English

    (glabrousness)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Smooth, hairless; bald.
  • * 1973 , (w, Patrick O'Brian), :
  • *:‘I am bound by precendent,’ said the First Lord, turning a vast glabrous expressionless face from Harte to Sir Joseph.
  • *1974 , (Guy Davenport), :
  • *:Adriaan rose, pulling out his limbering glabrous cock, his eyes happy.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 143:
  • *:The glabrous old head cranks round on him, stiff and slow, until the clouded eyes draw level with his own.
    • Antonyms
    * hirsute

    Derived terms

    * glabrousness