oil
Oil is a slippery liquid that comes from minerals as well as animal and vegetable fat.
(noun)- An example of oil is petroleum from beneath the earth
- An example of oil is what you'd mix with vinegar for a salad dressing.
- An example of oil is what cooks use for frying food.
Oil is defined as to grease something or make something slippery or smooth.
(verb)- An example of oil is applying a lubricant to a bike chain.
- An example of oil is putting lotion on someones feet before rubbing them.
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See oil in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- 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
- petroleum
- any of various substances having the consistency of oil
- oil color
- oil painting
- Informal smooth, hypocritical flattery
Origin: ME oile < OFr < L oleum, oil, olive oil < Gr elaion, (olive) oil, akin to elaia, olive
transitive verb
- to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil
- to bribe: chiefly in
adjective
of, from, like, or yielding oil, or having to do with the production or use of oil
Related Forms:
- oiled adjective
See oil in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of numerous mineral, vegetable, and synthetic substances and animal and 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.
- a. Petroleum.b. A petroleum derivative, such as a machine oil or lubricant.
- A substance with an oily consistency.
- Oil paint.
- A painting done in oil paint.
- Insincere flattery.
To lubricate, supply, cover, or polish with oil.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French oile
Origin: , from Latin oleum, olive oil
Origin: , from Greek *elaiwon, elaion
Origin: , from *elaiwā, elaiā, olive
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