Noun
- 1. oil, lipid, lipide, lipoid
- usage: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- 2. oil, oil color, oil colour, oil paint
- usage: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- 3. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil, oil, fossil fuel
- usage: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- 4. vegetable oil, oil, edible fat
- usage: any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
Verb
- 1. oil, cover
- usage: cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"
- 2. anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate, bless
- usage: administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
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