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I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But I'm a glass half-full kind of guy.
Prabal Gurung

Meaning of "well-oiled" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WELL-OILED

well-oiled play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WELL-OILED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Well-Oiled is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WELL-OILED

well-matched
well-meaning
well-meant
well-men
well-merited
well-mixed
well-motivated
well-nigh
well-nourished
well-off
well-ordered
well-ordering
well-organised
well-organized
well-padded
well-paid
well-placed
well-planned
well-played
well-pleased

WORDS THAT END LIKE WELL-OILED

boiled
charbroiled
detailed
embroiled
failed
hard-boiled
oiled
shopsoiled
soft-boiled
spoiled
tiled
trefoiled
unboiled
unbroiled
undespoiled
unfoiled
unoiled
unsoiled
unspoiled
well oiled

Synonyms and antonyms of well-oiled in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «well-oiled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WELL-OILED

Find out the translation of well-oiled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of well-oiled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «well-oiled» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

润滑良好
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bien engrasada
570 millions of speakers

English

well-oiled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अच्छी तरह तेल से सना हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتأهل جيدا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хорошо смазанный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bem oleada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভালভাবে চুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pompette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baik minyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gut geölte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

極めて順調
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잘 기름칠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apik banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dầu tốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடத்தை கொண்ட மாணவர்களில் ஒருவனாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तम तेल असलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iyi yağlanmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ben oliata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dobrze naoliwione
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

добре змащений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bine unse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλολαδωμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goed geoliede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väloljad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

velsmurt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of well-oiled

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WELL-OILED»

The term «well-oiled» is regularly used and occupies the 84.330 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WELL-OILED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about well-oiled

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7 QUOTES WITH «WELL-OILED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word well-oiled.
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Laz Alonso
'Fast & Furious' is a well-oiled machine. Those guys really know what they're doing. The guys that work behind the scenes are just as important as the ones in front of the cameras. They are car enthusiasts. They live and breathe this world.
2
Roald Dahl
'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of.
3
Aaron Douglas
I do miss 'Battlestar', the cast and crew. That was a pretty well-oiled machine. It's sort of like you don't know what you've got till it's gone. But I go to a lot of sci-fi conventions, and I love going and talking about the show.
4
Scott M. Gimple
On every show I've been on, it's just managing all the different responsibilities and time management. 'The Walking Dead' is a really well-oiled machine, and I have a great number of people who do a great number of things very well.
5
Prabal Gurung
I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But I'm a glass half-full kind of guy.
6
Carrie Preston
I shot all my stuff on 'Arrested Development' in one day, and was brought into a really well-oiled machine. 'Cause it was the last season, and they were wrapping up a lot of stuff because they knew at that point that they weren't coming back. There seemed to be kind of a freedom, and certainly the cast had a great amount of camaraderie.
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John Salley
I explain to athletes, you're supposed to be a well-oiled machine. You're supposed to be in better shape than the people watching you. You're supposed to be an unbelievable specimen of a human being. You have to treat your body different while you're performing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELL-OILED»

Discover the use of well-oiled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to well-oiled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Well Oiled: Oil and Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea
This 102-page report details how the dictatorship under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has used an oil boom to entrench and enrich itself further at the expense of the country's people.
Alex Vines, 2009
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Jfk Assassination Logic
to the effect that the rifle was “well oiled.” Yet, conspiracists point out, no oil was found on the inside of the bag. Author Sylvia Meagher asserts, “It is difficult to understand why a well-oiled rifle carried in separate parts would not have left distinct ...
John McAdams autofilled, 2011
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Knowledge and Information Technology Management: Human and ...
In the well-oiled machines structure, work processes are well defined. The role of the relationship among peoples is not an important element. Finland and Germany are well- oiled machine structures (Hofstede, 1991; Garfield and Watson, ...
A. Gunasekaran, Omar Khalil, Syed Mahbubur Rahman, 2003
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Well Oiled
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Well Oiled is the 23rd animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series.
Parthalan Ozzy Ronny, 2013
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Information Resources Management: Global Challenges
conception are defined: (1) the pyramid pattern (both power distance and uncertainty avoidance) are high, which corresponds to the hierarchical bureaucracy, quite common in France and the Mediterranean countries; (2) the well-oiled ...
Wai K. Law, 2007
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Elephant's Edge: The Republicans as a Ruling Party
7. The. Well-Oiled. Machine: The Republican Party Organization, Allied Interests, ... muscular, private allied interests and created highly effective voter mobilization practices. The party's organization is, put succinctly, a well-oiled machine that X.
Andrew J. Taylor, 2005
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The Rugby Team as a Whole - The Tactics, Benefits and ...
This book looks at the rugby team as a complete unit, including attacking and defensive tactics with diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.
Anon, 2011
8
The Secret of the Hardy Boys: Leslie McFarlane and the ...
5 . . . . . . . A. WELL-OILED. MACHINE. By the time he wrote The Tower Treasure in late 1926, Les had begun to establish himself permanently as a full-time freelance writer. During the warm weather, he stayed at his cabin on Lake Ramsey, ...
Marilyn S. Greenwald, 2004
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Understanding the Messages of Your Body: How to Interpret ...
The Human Body, A Well-Oiled Mach ine The inside of our body is invisible to us. Beyond a few notions of anatomy and medicine, we do not know much about how the body functions and how its different systems interact. The great mystery of ...
Jean-Pierre Barral, 2007
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A Taste for Language
Once again, I think teachers tend to simplify in the classroom because they are in search of that well-oiled machine that the New Criticism or any other method of reading simply cannot provide. We have to help students get really close to a text,  ...
Watkins, James R

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELL-OILED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term well-oiled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beach Boys still a 'well-oiled machine,' going strong
Bruce Johnston writes the songs, but he's not going to write the book. As a member of the Beach Boys off and on for the last 50 years, Johnston could share an ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
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Concert review: Bryan Adams a well-oiled nostalgia machine for …
Concert review: Bryan Adams a well-oiled nostalgia machine for Van Andel Arena show. 1 / 6. Bryan Adams performs in Grand Rapids. Bryan Adams, far left, ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
3
Dismantle Well-Oiled IS Machinery
In the year since it declared its “caliphate”, the Islamic State (IS) has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation, attracting international franchises ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
4
Exo thrills with well-oiled 'Machine'
MAKING A SECOND visit to Thailand with, quite literally, a big bang, hugely popular Chinese-South Korean boy band Exo put on two packed, ... «The Nation, Jun 15»
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Nature's lubricant makes your body a well-oiled machine
And to keep everything running smoothly and undamaged, the machine needs to be well oiled. Chances are, you have not given much thought to your body's ... «The Conversation AU, Jun 15»
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Grand Blanc 'shocked' by Saline's fast start, shut down by well-oiled
Grand Blanc's Annie Walker (9) reacts after the loss to Saline in the Division 1 girls soccer championship game in DeMartin Stadium at Michigan State University ... «MLive.com, Jun 15»
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Red sanders smuggling: A well-oiled network behind Andhra's …
Family members of a few of the slain suspected sandalwood 'smugglers' arrived to claim the bodies at the government mortuary in Chittoor in Andra pradesh. «Hindustan Times, May 15»
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Rockhal Tuesday night: Mike and the Mechanics, still a well-oiled
Ok I'll admit I stole the intro line from Mike Rutherford while describing his ever reliable mechanics drummer Gary Wallis, who has been with the band over ... «Luxemburger Wort - English Edition, May 15»
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Well-oiled operation sees rapid growth
WAYNE and Maureen Startup never dreamed the four olive trees in their Havelock North backyard would turn into 17,000. But that is what happened, after they ... «New Zealand Herald, May 15»
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Well-Oiled, Precision-Engineered Spornosexuality
This recent German ad caught my eye. Or rather, some silky smooth, highly-grabbable German glutes leapt out of my monitor and rammed themselves in my ... «Out Magazine, May 15»

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