1
: lubricated, treated, or covered with or as if with oil
oiled paper
2
slang
: drunk sense 1a
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Examples of oiled in a Sentence
Place the vegetables in the oiled pan.
following the fuel spill, the resulting oiled stretch of roadway had to be closed to traffic
Recent Examples on the Web
Rub grill grates with an oiled towel; wipe off any excess.
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
Place them on the oiled baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap.
—Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
Place them on the oiled baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap.
—Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for oiled
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“Oiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oiled. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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