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underoil

underoil verb: to oil too little.

Verb

underoil (third-person singular simple present underoils, present participle underoiling, simple past and past participle underoiled)

  1. (transitive) To oil too little.
    Antonyms:
    overoil

Antonyms of underoil

Forms of underoil

third-person singular presentunderoils
present participleunderoiling
past participleunderoiled
pastunderoiled

Origin of underoil

From under- + oil.

Questions about underoil

What does underoil mean?
Underoil means to oil too little.
What part of speech is underoil?
Underoil is a verb.
What is the past tense of underoil?
The past tense of underoil is underoiled.

Words near underoil in the dictionary

  1. underofficers
  2. underofficial
  3. underofficials
  4. underogating
  5. underogatory
  6. underoil
  7. underoiled
  8. underoiling
  9. underoils
  10. underoos
  11. underoperate

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