oil

n 1 mafuta palm-~ mawese cod-liver ~ mafuta ya samaki. 2 (phrases) burn the midnight ~ soma usiku. pour ~ on the flame(s) kasirisha zaidi; zidisha ugomvi. pour ~ on troubled waters fanya/sema/tuliza (kwa namna ambayo unamaliza ugomvi/hasira). smell of the midnight ~ onekana kwamba umekesha ukisoma. strike ~ pata mafuta (kwa kuchimba); fanikiwa; (fig) tajirika sana. (compounds) ~ bearing adj (tabaka ya jabali) yenye madini ya mafuta. ~ burner n chombo kiendacho kwa mafuta. ~-cake n mashudu. ~-can n kopo la kutilia mafuta. ~-cloth n kitambaa kisichopenyeza maji. ~-colours n rangi za mafuta. ~ field n eneo la visima vya mafuta. oil-fired n (of a furnace) -enye kutumia mafuta kuwaka. ~- palm n mchikichi. ~-paper n karatasi ya mafuta. ~-rig n mtambo/mashine ya kuchimbia mafuta. ~-silk n hariri mafuta. ~-skin n kitambaa cha mafuta (kisichopenyeza maji). ~-tanker n meli ya mafuta. ~-well n kisima cha mafuta. vt lainisha kwa mafuta ~ the machine tia mafuta kwenye mashine (ili kuilainisha); (fig) fanya mambo yaende vizuri. ~ (more usu grease) somebody's palm -pa mrungura/ honga. oiled adj (usu well-~ed) (sl) -liolewa kidogo. oiler n 1 kopo la mafuta. 2 fundi mafuta. 3 meli ya mafuta. oily adj 1 -enye mafuta. 2 laini. 3 janja. oiliness n also see oleaginous.