BURNT THE MIDNIGHT OIL

Meaning of BURNT THE MIDNIGHT OIL in English

worked until very late, turned night into day

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OIL — I Any greasy substance liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. It may be a fixed (nonvolatile) oil, an …
Английский словарь Британика
OIL — I. ˈȯi]l dial ˈī]l, esp before pause or consonant ]əl\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English midnight, midniht, from Old English midniht, from midd, midde mid + niht night — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BURNT — adjective Etymology: from past participle of burn (II) : consumed or altered by or as if by fire or heat: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — (a.) Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.
Английский словарь Webster
BURNT — (p. p. & a.) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or …
Английский словарь Webster
BURNT — () of Burn
Английский словарь Webster
MIDNIGHT — ( a. ) Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — of Burn
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — ( p. p. & a. ) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OIL — — oilless , adj. — oillessness , n. — oillike , adj. /oyl/ , n. 1. any of a large …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — — midnightly , adj. , adv. /mid"nuyt'/ , n. 1. the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — /berrnt/ , v. 1. a pt. and pp. of burn . adj. 2. Fine Arts. a. of or showing earth …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNT — adj. singed, scorched
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MIDNIGHT — noun Date: before 12th century 1. : the middle of the night ; specifically : 12 o'clock at night 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MIDNIGHT — noun the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. 2. midnight ·adj being in, or characteristic of, the middle …
Webster English vocab
BURNT — of burn. 2. burnt ·p.p. & ·adj consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or …
Webster English vocab
BURNT — chiefly Brit. past and past participle of burn 1 .
Concise Oxford English vocab
MIDNIGHT — [mid.night] n (bef. 12c) 1: the middle of the night; specif: 12 o'clock at night 2: deep or extended darkness …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MIDNIGHT — midnight BrE AmE ˈmɪd naɪt ▶ ˌ midnight ˈ sun BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BURNT — burnt BrE AmE bɜːnt AmE \ bɝːnt ▶ ˌ burnt ˈ offering BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OIL — / ɔɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a thick liquid that is found in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — / ˈmɪdnaɪt; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. 12 o'clock at night : They had to leave at midnight …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURNT — / bɜːnt; NAmE bɜːrnt/ adjective damaged or injured by burning : burnt toast Your hand looks badly burnt.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OIL — I. oil 1 S2 W1 /ɔɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: oile , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MIDNIGHT — mid ‧ night S3 /ˈmɪdnaɪt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ night , ↑ midnight , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BURNT — I. burnt 1 /bɜːnt $ bɜːrnt/ BrE AmE especially British English the past tense and past participle of ↑ burn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MIDNIGHT — n. 1 the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night. 2 intense darkness. ømidnight blue a very dark blue. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BURNT — see BURN(1).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OIL — n. & v. n. 1 any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — n. 1 the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night. 2 intense darkness. midnight blue a very dark blue. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BURNT — see BURN(1).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OIL — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various thick, viscous, usu. inflammable liquids insoluble in water but soluble in organic …
Oxford English vocab
MIDNIGHT — n.1 the middle of the night; 12 o'clock at night. 2 intense darkness. Phrases and idioms: midnight blue a very …
Oxford English vocab
BURNT — see BURN(1).
Oxford English vocab
OIL — ( oils, oiling, oiled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Oil is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Midnight is twelve o’clock in the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURNT — Burnt is a past tense and past participle of burn .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Midnight is twelve o’clock in the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BURNT — Burnt is a past tense and past participle of burn .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer/phone/oil etc company ▪ an international oil company an energy/oil/fuel crisis ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDNIGHT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES midnight blue midnight sun morning/evening/midnight etc Mass ▪ Will I see you at morning Mass? …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BURNT — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES burnt at the stake ▪ Suspected witches were burnt at the stake . burnt to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDNIGHT — [noun] [U] - 12 o'clock in the middle of the nightThere's a great film on TV at midnight.The midnight film …
Cambridge English vocab
BURNT — [adjective]A burnt offering is something, such as an animal, that has been burned in honour of a god, or (UK …
Cambridge English vocab
OIL — n. Arabian American Oil Company crude oil castor oil plant cod liver oil essential oil Gulf Oil Corp. Millikan oil …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OIL — Synonyms and related words : Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MIDNIGHT — Synonyms and related words : all-night, atramentous, black, black as coal, black as ebony, black as ink, black as midnight, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BURNT — Poxed or clapped. He was sent out a sacrifice, and came home a burnt offering; a saying of seamen who …
Slang English vocab
MIDNIGHT — noun VERB + MIDNIGHT ▪ chime , strike ▪ The church clock struck ~. MIDNIGHT + VERB ▪ strike ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — n. 25B6; noun TWELVE MIDNIGHT, the middle of the night, the witching hour. midday.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BURNT — mod (sl) burned q.v.
Dirty English-Russian vocab
BURNT — brunt
Anagrams English vocabulary
OIL — Of the numerous substances, animal and vegetable, which were known to the ancients as yielding oil, the olive berry is …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MIDNIGHT — noun BAD : Her plane is due to land in about midnight. GOOD : Her plane is due to land …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OIL — I 1. сущ. 1) а) хим. масло (обык. минеральное) fixed oils, fatty oils ≈ жирные (нелетучие) масла volatile oils, essential …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MIDNIGHT — 1. сущ. 1) полночь 2) непроглядная тьма as black/dark as midnight ≈ очень темный 2. прил. полуночный, полночный It is …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BURNT — прил. горелый, жженый burnt gas ≈ отработанный газ burnt offering ≈ всесожжение burnt child dreads the fire посл. ≈ обжегшись …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OIL — oil.ogg 1. ɔıl n 1. масло ( обыкн. растительное или минеральное ) vegetable oil - растительное масло olive palm, cottonseed, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MIDNIGHT — midnight.ogg ʹmıdnaıt n 1. полночь midnight hours - полуночные часы midnight train[/lang - поезд, отходящий в полночь 2. непроглядная тьма …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BURNT — 1. bɜ:nt a горелый; жжёный; сожжённый burnt gas - тех. отработанный газ burnt alum - хим. жжёные квасцы burnt lime …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OIL — 1) масло ( растительное, минеральное, смазочное ) 2) смазывать( маслом); промасливать 3) масляный 4) нефть ( все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
OIL — 1) масло (растительное, минеральное, смазочное) 2) смазывать( маслом); промасливать 3) масляный 4) нефть (все жидкие углеводороды, получаемые из скважин, и конденсаты, извлекаемые из …
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