Definitions for oiled

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Spelling: [oild]
IPA: /ɔɪld/

Oiled is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in oiled (deilo).

Definitions for oiled

noun

  1. any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
  2. a substance of this or similar consistency.
  3. refined or crude petroleum.
  4. Painting. oil color. oil painting.
  5. Informal. unctuous hypocrisy; flattery.
  6. an oilskin garment.
  7. Australian and New Zealand Slang. facts or news; information:

Idioms

  1. pour oil on troubled waters, to attempt to calm a difficult or tense situation, as an argument.
  2. strike oil, to discover oil, especially to bring in a well. to have good luck, especially financially; make an important and valuable discovery:

adjective

  1. lubricated or smeared with or as if with oil.
  2. Slang. drunk; intoxicated.
  3. pertaining to or resembling oil.
  4. using oil, especially as a fuel:
  5. concerned with the production or use of oil:
  6. made with oil.
  7. obtained from oil.

verb (used with object)

  1. to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil.
  2. to bribe.
  3. to make unctuous or smooth:
  4. to convert into oil by melting, as butter.

Origin of oiled

First recorded in 1525-35; oil + -ed2, -ed3

Examples for oiled

A six-shooter lay beside him on the sill, cleaned and oiled and loaded.

It is always black and straight, hangs loose and looks as if it were oiled.

Cover with oiled cling wrap and set aside in a warm place for one hour to rise.

Top the scallops with another piece of oiled parchment, oiled side down.

This has complicated the quest for a stainless steel replacement; finishes like "oiled bronze" have already come and gone.

Instead of glass windows, they had oiled paper to let in the light.

He pulled the hatch open softly and the hinges had been oiled.

People are urged not to attempt to help injured or oiled animals, but to report any sightings via the toll-free number.

The windows of the first houses had oiled paper to admit light.

Why, it turns as hard as though it were running on plain bearing that had never been oiled!

Word Value for oiled
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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