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Oil

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Noun

1. oil

a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

2. oil, oil color, oil colour

oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

3. crude, crude oil, fossil oil, oil, petroleum, rock oil

a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

4. oil, vegetable oil

any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

Verb

5. oil

cover with oil, as if by rubbing

Example Sentences:
'oil the wooden surface'

6. anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil

administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Oil

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noun
1. 
any of a number of viscous liquids with a smooth sticky feel. They are usually flammable, insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvents, and are obtained from plants and animals, from mineral deposits, and by synthesis. They are used as lubricants, fuels, perfumes, foodstuffs, and raw materials for chemicals
See also essential oil, fixed oil
2. 
a.  another name for petroleum
b. 
(as modifier)
an oil engine
an oil rig
3. 
a. Also called: lubricating oil
any of a number of substances usually derived from petroleum and used for lubrication
b. 
(in combination)
an oilcan
an oilstone
c. 
(as modifier)
an oil pump
4. Also called: fuel oil
a petroleum product used as a fuel in domestic heating, industrial furnaces, marine engines, etc
5. British
a. 
paraffin, esp when used as a domestic fuel
b. 
(as modifier)
an oil lamp
an oil stove
6. 
any substance of a consistency resembling that of oil
oil of vitriol
7. 
the solvent, usually linseed oil, with which pigments are mixed to make artists' paints
8. 
a. (often plural)
oil colour or paint
b. 
(as modifier)
an oil painting
9. 
an oil painting
10.  the good oil
11.  strike oil
verb (transitive)
12. 
to lubricate, smear, polish, etc, with oil or an oily substance
13. informal
to bribe (esp in the phrase oil someone's palm)
14.  oil the wheels

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Oil

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noun
1. 
any of various kinds of greasy, combustible substances obtained from animal, vegetable, and mineral sources: oils are liquid at ordinary temperatures and soluble in certain organic solvents, as ether, but not in water
2. 
petroleum
3. 
any of various substances having the consistency of oil
4. 
a. 
oil color
b. 
oil painting
5.  Informal
smooth, hypocritical flattery
verb transitive
6. 
to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil
7. 
to bribe
: chiefly in oil the palm (or hand) of
adjective
8. 
of, from, like, or yielding oil, or having to do with the production or use of oil

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Oil

see synonyms of oil
n.
1. Any of numerous mineral, vegetable, or synthetic substances or animal or vegetable fats that are generally slippery, combustible, viscous, liquid or liquefiable at room temperatures, soluble in various organic solvents such as ether but not in water, and used in a great variety of products, especially lubricants and fuels.
2.
a. Petroleum.
b. A petroleum derivative, such as a machine oil or lubricant.
3. A protective or cosmetic liquid applied to the skin or hair.
4. Oil paint.
5. A painting done in oil paint.
tr.v. oiled, oil·ing, oils
To lubricate, supply, cover, or polish with oil.

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