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View synonyms for oiled

oiled

[ oild ]

adjective

  1. lubricated or smeared with or as if with oil.
  2. Slang. drunk; intoxicated.


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Other Word Forms

  • un·oiled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oiled1

First recorded in 1525–35; oil + -ed 2, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

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Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.

From BBC

Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.

From Salon

Exterior walls, built from Douglas fir, were freshly oiled and flammable.

If using a ready made crust with two in a pack, roll out the second one, use a cookie cutter to make rounds to place in an oiled muffin pan for mini pies.

From Salon

Agencies recovered four oiled birds alive in Oregon, the Coast Guard said in a news release Wednesday.

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