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Synonyms for oiled

Grammar : Verb
Spell : oild
Phonetic Transcription : ɔɪld


Définition of oiled

Origin :
  • late 12c., "olive oil," from Anglo-French and Old North French olie, from Old French oile, uile "oil" (12c., Modern French huile), from Latin oleum "oil, olive oil" (source of Spanish, Italian olio), from Greek elaion "olive tree," from elaia (see olive). Old English æle, Dutch olie, German Öl, etc. all are from Latin. It meant "olive oil" exclusively till c.1300, when meaning began to be extended to any fatty, greasy substance. Use for "petroleum" first recorded 1520s, but not common until 19c. The artist's oils (1660s), short for oil-color (1530s), are paints made by grinding pigment in oil.
  • verb lubricate
Example sentences :
  • It is always black and straight, hangs loose and looks as if it were oiled.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • He pulled the hatch open softly and the hinges had been oiled.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • Instead of glass windows, they had oiled paper to let in the light.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • Why, it turns as hard as though it were running on plain bearing that had never been oiled!
  • Extract from : « Cab and Caboose » by Kirk Munroe
  • The windows of the first houses had oiled paper to admit light.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • A six-shooter lay beside him on the sill, cleaned and oiled and loaded.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • Then they wreathed Lalemant in oiled bark and set fire to it.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • The best kind are oiled so that glue will not adhere to them.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • I shrugged, oiled my conscience and found a bit of bent wire.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • The wool was clipped from the sheep, washed, and oiled to make it smooth and pliable.
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley

Antonyms for oiled

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