oil1 nounoil2 verb
oiloil1 /ɔɪl/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINoil1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French oile, from Latin oleum ‘olive oil’, from Greek elaia ‘olive’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Oil prices have dropped significantly since May.
- an oil-burning heating system
- First fry the chicken in a little peanut oil.
- olive oil
- You really should get the oil in your car changed more regularly.
- Known oil reserves are enough to last for 40 years, natural gas for over 65 years and coal for 250 years.
- Meanwhile world oil demand is rising steadily at around 2 percent a year.
- No major oil company has agreed yet to blend the product into its gasoline.
- So, the star of the group was the oil division, which saw operating profit from continuing operations up 40%.
- The hot oil from the vats goes to a copper cooler.
- This level of imported oil could thus be displaced by the combined use of domestic gas and coal.
WORD SETS
allspice, nounbake, verbbarbecue, verbbaste, verbblanch, verbboil, verbbottle, verbbouillon cube, nounbraise, verbbreadcrumbs, nounbreaded, adjectivebrine, nounbroil, verbbrown, verbbutter, verbcandied, adjectivecaper, nouncaramel, nouncardamom, nouncarve, verbcasserole, nouncasserole, verbcaster sugar, nouncharbroil, verbchervil, nounchestnut, nounchicory, nounchill, verbchilli powder, nounchip, verbcilantro, nouncinnamon, nounclean, verbclove, nouncochineal, nouncoconut, nouncook, verbcook, nouncookbook, nouncookery, nouncookery book, nouncordon bleu, adjectivecore, verbcoriander, nouncream, verbcrisp, verbcube, verbculinary, adjectivecumin, nouncurry powder, noundeep fry, verbdessertspoon, noundevilled, adjectivedice, verbdone, adjectivedress, verbessence, nounfat, nounflambé, adjectiveflan, nounflavouring, nounflour, nounflour, verbfrost, verbfrosting, nounfry, verbglaze, verbglaze, noungourmet, adjectivegourmet, noungrate, verbgrease, noungrease, verbgreaseproof paper, noungrill, verbgrill, noungrind, verbgut, verbhard-boiled, adjectivehaute cuisine, nounhob, nounhull, verbhusk, verbice, verbicebox, nounicing, nounicing sugar, nouningredient, nounjoint, verbknead, verblard, nounlard, verbleaven, nounliquidize, verbmarinade, nounmarinate, verbmarjoram, nounmicrowave, verbmince, verbmincer, nounmint, nounmix, verbmix, nounnouvelle cuisine, nounnutmeg, nounoil, nounolive oil, nounoverdone, adjectiveparboil, verbpare, verbpickle, verbpipe, verbpit, verbpitted, adjectivepkt, pluck, verbplum tomato, nounpoach, verbprecooked, adjectivepreheat, verbprep, verbprove, verbrecipe, nounreduce, verbrice paper, nounrind, nounrise, verbroast, verbroast, nounroast, adjectiverosemary, nounroux, nounsaffron, nounsage, nounsalt, nounsalt, verbsauce, nounsausage meat, nounsauté, verbsavory, nounscalloped, adjectivesear, verbseason, verbseasoning, nounself-raising flour, nounself-rising flour, nounsesame, nounshell, verbshortening, nounshort-order cook, nounshuck, verbsieve, verbsift, verbsifter, nounsimmer, verbsimmer, nounskewer, verbsmoke, verbsoak, verbsoda, nounsodium bicarbonate, nounspice, nounspice, verbspicy, adjectivestarch, nounsteam, verbsteep, verbstew, verbstock, nounstone, verbstrain, verbstuff, verbstuffing, nounsunny-side up, adjectivesweat, verbsweet-and-sour, adjectiveTabasco, nountandoori, adjectivetarragon, nountbsp, teaspoon, nountenderize, verbtenderloin, nountextured vegetable protein, nounthaw, verbthyme, nountimer, nountoast, nountoast, verbtoss, verbtruss, verbtsp, turmeric, noununderdone, adjectivevinaigrette, nounvinegar, nounwhip, verbwhisk, verbyeast, nounzap, verbzest, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area. a pond filter a powerful media magnate agricultural production and distribution an illegal arms shipment his blood-soaked clothes
· Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938.· How does a company go about finding oil and getting it from the ground?
(=to find oil when you are digging for it)· The engineers drilled down a few hundred metres until they hit oil.· The Ohio Oil Company struck oil on May 3rd.
· Plans to drill for oil off the New South Wales coast have recently been revived.
(=to have natural areas of oil, and take it out of the ground)· The US does not produce enough oil to meet its own needs.
formal (=to take oil out of an area)· the difficult process of extracting the oil
adjectives (=oil in its natural state)· the price of crude oil
(=oil that has been treated by an industrial process)· They had exported refined oil.
(=found under the sea, not far from the coast)· The company has the technical capabilities to produce offshore oil.
· 2,000 barrels of heavy oil are produced a day.· The oil corporation announced the discovery of another field of light oil.
oil + NOUN· The increase in oil prices has prompted warnings of a global recession.
· He works in in the oil industry.
· YPF was the state oil company in Argentina.
(=a country which produces oil)· The Soviet Union is the world's largest oil producer.
(=a place where oil is treated by an industrial process)· an oil refinery in Perth
· a fall in US oil production
(=situation in which oil comes out of a ship or other container into the sea)· a terrible oil spill near the Shetland Islands
(=situation in which there is not enough oil, and the price of oil is very high)· The world is facing an oil crisis.
(=structure on land or in the sea with equipment for getting oil out of the ground)· an oil rig in the North Sea
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· an international oil company
· There is an energy crisis here, with power cuts happening daily.
BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area.· Oil exports from Iraq have resumed.
a pond filter· The country is dependent on oil imports for almost all its basic energy needs.
(=lamps that you light with a flame)· The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.
a powerful media magnate (=paint using a particular type of paint) He paints mainly in acrylics.
He paints mainly in acrylics.· A poor harvest led to higher food prices.
agricultural production and distribution· oil resources in the North Sea
an illegal arms shipment his blood-soaked clothes (=try to make an angry situation calmer)
· She uses vegetable oil instead of lard.
(=fat from whales that has been made into oil)· Whale oil was used in lamps.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· At seven o'clock that night, William Darling went up the long stairs of the lighthouse to light the big oil lantern.· The big polluters-oil and the power industries, Enron included-were allowed to draft their own regulatory framework.· The big essential oil suppliers stock a bewildering array of essences.· An index of the six biggest oil companies in London has risen 15 percent since Oct. 19.· They should make a bit more profit than they used to with the old, oversized pans they made from bigger oil cans.
· Used with diesel, alcohols cut crude oil use and help with emissions, yet engine power stays much the same.· The port closings halted crude oil exports from state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos during the weekend and on Monday.· Oil companies fell in response to weaker crude oil and natural gas prices.· Diesel comes from crude oil, and it is less refined than gasoline.· Gasoline prices, by a tanker full of crude oil, without a doubt.
· Pour about half a litre of near-boiling water into a bowl and add two to four drops of essential oil.· It takes about 100 pounds of blossoms to make 12 ounces of essential oil.· Four chapters on essential oil analysis follow.· Method: Mix the essential oil into the almond oil and stir into the other ingredients to form a paste.· These sticks would be twisted round until the bag was tightly pressed and the essential oil oozed out of the petals.· If you dislike the aroma, you have only wasted a tiny amount of essential oil.· First though, let us explore the more tangible routes an essential oil may take on its sojourn through mind-body.· Remember, we are often drawn to the essential oil we may actually need at the time.
· Note that the high sulfur oil example leads to greater emissions than two of the coal groups.· The seeds may also be a lucrative source of high quality seed oil, rich in unsaturated fatty acids.· The higher priced products are deeper in color and have a higher oil content.· The high oil content lending black oats their descriptive name made them a traditional feed for horses.· That and the high price of oil have rekindled inflation and widened the government's budget deficit.· The combination of low export prices and high oil import prices means Mr Kufuor's government will have little room to manoeuvre.· After a spurt caused by high international oil prices, the headline inflation rate slowed to 3.9 per cent in December.
· The Exxon Valdez was an oddity: one large oil company owned both tanker and oil, and employed the crew.· On one wall of the entryway hangs a large oil painting, covered with grime.· Near Irvine and the port of Ardrossan, on the west coast, there is another large oil refinery.· It offers considerable future potential for the discovery of large oil and gas reserves.· At the time of our first visit the construction of the large oil terminal was at the planning stage.· Shell have a large oil refinery at Stanlow near Ellesmere Port and with it a petrochemical works producing plastics.· The large amount of oil still used in power stations is more easily reduced since many alternatives are possible.
· Status: Intergovernmental organization of 13 major oil producers.· No major oil company has agreed yet to blend the product into its gasoline.· Controls against tree felling, tourism, urban development and major road and oil exploration schemes are to be increased.· Several other major oil companies have already taken large write-downs to comply with the new rule.· It recently undertook such a project for a major oil company which was setting up shop in Moscow.· As early as the 1960s, major oil companies were combing geological data in the area.· During the year, we have worked in almost all major offshore oil provinces worldwide.· A Soviet surveying team has found a major oil field.
· Fry in a little olive or sunflower oil until golden.· Heat the olive oil in a nonstick 8-inch skillet.· Mix the lemon juice with the sherry vinegar and olive oil and season well.· Perhaps olive oil should at least be offered.· Ad a little finely chopped onion, a few black olives, fruity olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.· In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.· Lightly grease a serving platter with olive oil.
· These men also have olive groves and cold-press their own virgin oil.· Vegetarians therefore may include a little oil in their cooking, and extra virgin olive oil is the best choice.· We also bought some of the extra virgin olive oil, stored in huge terracotta jars with wooden lids.· Azalea Concealed within this attractive storage jar is a litre of the finest extra virgin olive oil from Chianti.
NOUN· The most important division between industries is that between the oil companies and the rest.· Accusing the oil companies of being greedy is like saying the sun is hot.· A study was undertaken in co-operation with oil companies to propose optimum data acquisition techniques and formation evaluation procedures.· In December, oil companies produced 23. 5 million tons of oil, meeting expectations, the paper reported.· For the first time the oil companies are also facing effective legal challenges.· As early as the 1960s, major oil companies were combing geological data in the area.· On a typical p/e of five, water shares look bargain-basement compared to oil companies which span the nine to 10 range.
· The loss of confidence in the mid-1970s is usually put down solely to the oil crisis.· Summit participants failed to anticipate the vast inflationary effect of the international oil crisis of the 1970s.· But inflation and unemployment spiralled as the Liberals were hit by the 1973 oil crisis.· In November of 1974, because of the oil crisis, disaster struck Tarrytown.· Cheap solar energy conversion has been a dream of some scientists since the first oil crisis back in the late 1970s.· In the colonial and semicolonial world, the inflationary consequences of the oil crisis promise to be particularly severe.· The oil crisis alone could not have shattered the confidence which capitalists felt during most of the golden years.· Like the oil crisis of the 1970s, the California energy crisis is fueling an investment boom in alternative energy.
· Work is now proceeding within the United Nations to secure further action, most notably perhaps the oil embargo.· The oil embargo of 1973 was followed by another in 1978.· The United Kingdom opposed sending a peacekeeping force because it represented a long-term commitment but suggested an oil embargo.· The younger ones remember Watergate, the oil embargo and a contracting economy.· That compares with 10 percent in 1973, the year of the first Arab oil embargo.· This era ended with the first oil embargo.
· A high proportion of their oil export revenues has been invested in the world's main financial markets.· The port closings halted crude oil exports from state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos during the weekend and on Monday.· By 1959 four-fifths of wheat and nine-tenths of soya bean oil exports were paid for in this way.· Exports westward accounted for 40 % of all Middle East oil exports.
· A third appraisal of this potentially significant heavy oil field will be drilled in 1993.· The downturn in the energy industry dragged on so long that workers drifted away and oil field equipment became outdated.· The resultant computer models are used in oil field development.· The company's Moscow office will co-ordinate the supply of a 700-terminal Unix-based system to be used in oil field data acquisition.· A slim slice of those revenues has always been cut for the communities in the oil fields, local politicians say.· The Alliance uses the money to fund ongoing health, safety and environmental education programs for the oil field service industry.· He himself grew up in slums, in one-horse towns, in abandoned oil fields.
· The defendants negligently discharged fuel oil into Sydney Harbour.· A similar blend of fuel oil allegedly was used in the Oklahoma City bombing.· Interruptible gas supplies undercut the cost of fuel oil considerably.· He seemed to be taking a shower in fuel oil.· Gas is also competing directly with coal for the heavy fuel oil market.· The treated organic phase is generally suitable for re-use as a fuel oil.· Such products include fuel oil, paint, building materials and fitments, and electronic Components.· Prices of fuel oil, diesel and kerosene were also raised.
· Taban Deng was governor of Unity state, at the heart of the oil industry, when the Red Sea pipeline opened.· And the leading villain, of course, is the greedy oil industry, according to the conventional consumer bleat.· Raised in London by his grandparents, he had studied hard to become an oil industry engineer.· But it should come as no shock that the oil industry is out to maximize profits.· It will be used for oil industry and financial modelling and similar supercomputing tasks.· Ecuadoreans worry that the oil industry, their main foreign-exchange earner, is vulnerable to further violence.· Workers in the oil industry want to sell oil for dollars.· The revelation comes as an oil industry survey claims 84 percent of forecourts were hit by crime last year.
· Several of the traders had lit small oil lamps which they hung in front of their stalls.· It glowed with the warm, welcoming light of oil lamps.· Victorian brass telescopic oil lamp stand, £340.· There was a hot fire in the potbellied stove and an oil lamp burning high on a table in the corner.· The range used for cooking also provides heat: an oil lamp provides light.· As the merchants lit oil lamps, their familiar booths turned magical.· Mrs McGill fries bread for breakfast, takes Chas to bed, cooks supper, lights oil lamp and nurses Nana.· The fort was in deep darkness, being equipped with only a few improvised oil lamps.
· A good polish reviver can be made by mixing equal parts of raw linseed oil, substitute turps and vinegar.· It was magnificent and would come up a treat with a rubbing of linseed oil.· If the acid is fatty such as linseed oil, then the result is a soap and water.· The linseed oil helps restore the shine to a dull surface.· A mixture of equal quantities of raw linseed oil and substitute turps is often rubbed into pine prior to staining.· Arlott's punctuation of those events remains as evocative as the half-remembered smell of linseed oil on willow.· The applied finish - several liberal coats of linseed oil - was allowed to dry, then finally waxed.· I seem to remember a recipe in the Woodworker using linseed oil.
· Are there any other art materials that can be used on top of oil paint?· In places the green is so thick on the page that it develops a gloss like the dried skin of oil paint.· Types of oil paint Aside from the traditional oil paint there are several variations according to the binder used when making the paint.· It even tells you how to make a rosary out of rose petals and water and salt and oil paint.· Types of oil paint Aside from the traditional oil paint there are several variations according to the binder used when making the paint.· A variety of mediums and thinners are available for use with oil paint which facilitate further manipulation of the paint.· Most artists' ranges of oil paint are priced in series.· This is because oil paint shrinks as it dries.
· The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings.· This was the start of my oil painting.· But what held his attention was a large oil painting propped on a chair and fronting the door.· It is a method not unlike scumbling in oil painting.· Once, there were frescoes, mosaics and other techniques which were dropped in favour of oil painting.· Here passengers ate delicacies prepared by a master chef under an arched ceiling of embossed leather and oil paintings.· Still life inspired by oil paintings of the Old Masters.
· In the flat bottom of his canoe a fire smoulders under a clay pot full of red palm oil.· Nearly all exported products were primary commodities such as palm oil and cocoa, or copper and gold.· The forests have been extensively logged and then cleared for cocoa, coffee, rubber and palm oil crops.
· The oil price rise worsened profitability and reduced demand.· The oil price hike in 1973 turned Nabru into a boom town.· Panicky Western politicians know that an economic golden age was torpedoed once before by rising oil prices.· After a spurt caused by high international oil prices, the headline inflation rate slowed to 3.9 per cent in December.· Under the impact of soaring oil prices living standards collapsed in a welter of rationing and corruption.· Although oil prices are picking up, no one is expecting a 70s-style bonanza.· But since 1981 oil prices have weakened.
· It can not be excluded from regional security arrangements if stability is to be achieved in oil flows from Gulf oil producers.· Status: Intergovernmental organization of 13 major oil producers.· These estimates confirm that the United Kingdom will remain an important oil producer.· Is not the position that the United Kingdom will remain a very substantial oil producer until well into the next century?· Strong gains came from other oil producers too, including Texaco, Chevron and Occidental.
· An important application of global geomagnetic field models is in directional drilling for oil production.· In the case of lube oil production, an aspect of primary importance is catalyst selection.· The possibility of oil production seems less likely.· Thus, a reasonable immediate goal would be to direct our domestic oil Production towards fulfilling domestic transportation needs.· By 1959, its wants took care of 60 percent of the world's oil production.· The group will supply a floating production, storage and offshore installation to handle oil production.· By early June the situation appeared to be under control and oil production, which had been briefly suspended, was resumed.· This is despite efforts to increase indigenous oil production.
· The Amerada Hess Corporation oil refinery, with a capacity of 545,000 barrels per day, was also severely damaged.· The new facility abuts tract homes and a defunct oil refinery.· New investors would be allowed to set up oil refineries without government permission.· Her father was an oil refinery worker until she was nine.· Some years before lie had resigned from the forces for their sakes and was personnel manager of an oil refinery in Perth.· The plant will produce electrical power from oil refinery residues.· Like many other West Lothian settlements, the village grew around a shale oil refinery.· Why do you think some people opposed the building of oil refineries near Milford Haven?
· Known oil reserves are enough to last for 40 years, natural gas for over 65 years and coal for 250 years.· Many other countries of the world that are deficient in oil reserves have coal and natural gas.· As oil reserves are depleted, its price will continue to rise.· But as oil reserves dwindled over the past decade, local school property taxes doubled to help make up the difference.· Two-thirds of the worlds oil reserves still sleep quietly beneath the soil of Mecca.· Estimates of world oil reserves have increased steadily since the 1970s, more than doubling by some calculations.
· Francis McFarlane, 44, has not worked since he witnessed the oil rig blaze which killed 164 workers in July 1988.· Joseph Oncale charges that his male supervisors and a male co-worker harassed him while he was working at a Louisiana oil rig.· It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows.· Passing an oil rig and numerous naval vessels, we moored alongside a jetty on the estuary leading up to the town.· Some guides use their climbing and rope skills to work on oil rigs or construction sites.· Balder is a semi-submersible crane barge designed for work in constructing oil rig platforms.· The day was faintly foggy; lights were on on the tall hazy meccano sculptures of oil rigs moored in the Firth.
· He said oil slicks from the stricken leviathan still sometimes marred the bay.· Children were swimming in the canal amid shimmering oil slicks while their fathers fished from their living rooms.· Other benefits include the detection of oil slicks and other pollution and detailed information about land use through the seasons.· Her coffee had an oil slick on top.· This problem to some extent overshadowed the oil slick as an environmental issue.· Their task will be to help otters and seals which have been contaminated by the seven mile long oil slick.· The race ended in chaos when three riders drove into an oil slick and skidded off.· Oil slick prompts no-fishing zone Fishermen have introduced a voluntary ban on fishing in the area surrounding the Shetland oil slick.
· He also said a 2,000-gallon oil spill on Harbor Island in Seattle had been contained on land.· Tanker and barge owners have a financial incentive to avoid oil spills, too.· It was like cleaning up after an oil spill.· Look in your school library for information about that or other oil spills.· Entire coastal bays and lagoons along the coast have been fouled by oil spills and the runoff of toxic chemicals.
· Third, it is time to privatize Pemex, the inefficient state oil company.· The HYDRO-CONGO state oil company would nevertheless continue to exploit oil reserves, occasionally with the participation of foreign companies.
· Fry in a little olive or sunflower oil until golden.· Even the stir-fry my wife sometimes does with sunflower oil is edible.· Gently cook in hot sunflower oil for 3-4 minutes.· In another pan, warm the sunflower oil.
· Oil exports from former Soviet republics have turned the Bosporus into a pulsing artery of the world's oil supply.· The weight of import dependence on Middle East oil supply has shifted from west to east.
· There, they claim, boats risk colliding with oil tankers waiting to go to Sullom Voe oil terminal.· An oil tanker, she thought, or perhaps a freighter.· The captain and crew of the oil tanker that ran aground on the Galapagos have been arrested.· In 1984 the two sides began to attack oil tankers in the Persian Gulf with modern missiles.· They have written to Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson, proposing that oil tankers should avoid the area.· The Home Secretary also confirmed that soldiers are being rapidly trained to drive oil tankers.· The 40-minute bombardment reportedly sank several oil tankers and barges in the harbour.· Also featured are pictures of oil tankers from 1892 onwards and original artefacts from the vessels and interactive displays.
· Although the oil wells survived they where badly managed and an environmental disaster.· In the southern state of Tabasco, farmers blockaded 60 oil wells in February to demand compensation from Pemex.· A further 100 oil wells were reported to have been fired in the 24 hours prior to Bush's ultimatum.· Sensa has also developed pressure and acoustic sensors to detect the water and gas content of oil wells.
· Meanwhile world oil demand is rising steadily at around 2 percent a year.· Then, with-out warning, the world oil markets crashed.· Damage to the plant's production capacity immediately affected world oil and petrol prices.· Two-thirds of the worlds oil reserves still sleep quietly beneath the soil of Mecca.· Estimates of world oil reserves have increased steadily since the 1970s, more than doubling by some calculations.
VERB· Gradually add the oil, blending to a thick paste. 2.· To cook the crab sauce: Heat the wok and add the oil.· With the motor running, slowly add the oil until the mixture is the consistency of a thick mayonnaise. 3.· With food processor running, add the oil in a thin stream until it is thoroughly incorporated.· He added pumpkin-seed oil, ginseng, royal jelly and a herbal complex to boost his libido.· With machine running, slowly add oil to form a smooth paste.· Leave for a few minutes. Add the olive oil, mint and salad ingredients and mix thoroughly.· Drain fat. Add oil and cook onions and garlic over low heat until onions are soft and translucent.
· Then the others will be free to burn the oil and coal that might otherwise be consumed in the nuclear nations.· Ingrid and other loyal friends spent long hours burning the midnight oil with her when it came to the final typing.· A severely damaged Royal Navy destroyer burns through the day with exploding ordnance and great sudden flares of burning bunker oil.· The burning of coal, oil and gas to provide energy results in the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.· The wood stove was burning down, the oil in the lamp almost gone.· Five worlds split into several sections is certainly enough to keep you burning the midnight oil.· Furthermore it can permit coal use in boilers originally designed to burn oil without substantial derating.
· Mrs McGill fries bread for breakfast, takes Chas to bed, cooks supper, lights oil lamp and nurses Nana.· But aid agencies report tens of thousands families so poor that they need help procuring flour, cooking oil and other basics.· Twice a year we get two pounds of cooking oil, and only five bars of soap for a whole year.· Gently cook in hot sunflower oil for 3-4 minutes.
· How deep do you drill an oil well?· They might drill for oil and come up dry.
· Cook pasta for 12 ruins. Heat oil in a pan and saut onions and leek for 2 mins.· Lagoven said its heating oil is mostly derived from its refinery at Amuay in the western state of Falcon.· Roll the venison in the flour. Heat the oil in a large casserole and fry the venison until will browned.· In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat oil and saute carcasses until browned.· Moreover, demand for heating oil did not meet expectations during the cold snaps over the last two months.· In a large, nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.· Form 8 to 10 patties. Heat the oil in a non-stick skillet.· In a saute pan, heat oil and saute ham with drained peas for 3 to 5 minutes.
· Nor do they mention the rapes, or the order to pour boiling oil over 70 prisoners.· Chop garlic and onions; thinly slice carrots. Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a large skillet.· In Ugaraspitiya, residents said armed men poured motor oil into ballot boxes.· You pour a little baby oil on their feet and it acts as a solvent for the glue.· Add the garlic, cook for 1-2 minutes, then pour in a little more oil with the courgettes.· To cook quail, pour oil to a depth of at least 1 inch into a heavy-bottomed frying pan or wok.· Transfer chicken to a oven-proof baking dish. Pour oil and garlic over the chicken.· In an 8-inch-square glass baking dish, pour in oil and roll potatoes in the oil.
· Meanwhile world oil demand is rising steadily at around 2 percent a year.· Last Friday, heating oil futures rose 2. 3 percent a gallon in New York to 60. 64 cents.
· I think it is fair to say that the really top quality olives are usually sold in oil rather than in brine.· The Manhattan-headquartered company produces and sells crude oil and natural gas.· Workers in the oil industry want to sell oil for dollars.· Until these things happen we are opposed to any new licences being sold to oil companies by the Government.
· Are there any other art materials that can be used on top of oil paint?· I do not use salt and the oil is optional.· Four elaborate fake bombs were found near offices used by oil businesses.· Some recipes called for using spray oil on the baking sheet.· It will be used for oil industry and financial modelling and similar supercomputing tasks.· If your engine is using a lot of oil it sounds as if a replacement or rebuild is required.· The resultant computer models are used in oil field development.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► oil-based/carbon-based/computer-based etc► explore (something) for oil/minerals/gold etc► he’s/she’s no oil painting► peak oil/coal/gas► pour oil on troubled waters
1- Lawmakers were burning the midnight oil last night, as the debate continued.
- Five worlds split into several sections is certainly enough to keep you burning the midnight oil.
- Ingrid and other loyal friends spent long hours burning the midnight oil with her when it came to the final typing.
- A slim slice of those revenues has always been cut for the communities in the oil fields, local politicians say.
- A third appraisal of this potentially significant heavy oil field will be drilled in 1993.
- For many residents of the oil fields, Pemex executives seem little different from the foreign overlords they replaced.
- Moreover there are indications that in this gas field a secondary fracture porosity may exist.
- North Shields became the export base for much of the South East Northumberland coal field.
- The downturn in the energy industry dragged on so long that workers drifted away and oil field equipment became outdated.
- We do know that most coal fields began life as swamps about 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period.
- But firemen confirmed the blast at 3.42am was caused by a gas leak from a water heater.
- But responding to Nathan Bryce's flirting was about as wise as striking matches to find a gas leak.
- That was the occasion when a gas leak caused an explosion which wrecked an entire tenement.
- The first reactor was closed down for repairs earlier this year after a gas leak.
- The victim was slumped over a freezer where he had been searching for a gas leak.
- If you're trained correctly you become like a well-oiled machine.
- It was running like a well-oiled machine, instead of like a slightly out-of-control summer camp.
- This could never happen in the Bush operation, which has been turning out policy positions like a well-oiled machine.
- A jar of Tom Kitten moisturizing cream costs $ 15.
- Hands and feet as well as face and neck may suffer from dryness and need a similar moisturizing cream at night.
- It is important to use moisturizing cream day and night so that the skin should feel soft as well as looking good.
- Yogurt acts like a moisturizing cream, and it makes the poultry so tender.
- For all his odd and scary views, Buchanan has played the fear card like a snake oil salesman hawking eternal life.
- Perhaps, when the shouting from snake oil salesmen subsides, our leaders will find a way to forge a bipartisan solution.
- If they do strike oil, there will be another test well in about a year's time.
- It was like striking gold or falling rapturously in love: he possessed secret knowledge that his Germantown friends could scarcely imagine.
- Oxford City Women's cross country team has struck gold.
- That's where I struck gold.
- They struck gold in Kalgorlie in 1893. 100 years on and they're celebrating another major rush.
- Twigg, the reigning world champ in pursuit, should strike gold again.
- Within a week of returning he had struck gold.
- You really have struck gold there.
- Azalea Concealed within this attractive storage jar is a litre of the finest extra virgin olive oil from Chianti.
- Vegetarians therefore may include a little oil in their cooking, and extra virgin olive oil is the best choice.
- We also bought some of the extra virgin olive oil, stored in huge terracotta jars with wooden lids.
- It was running like a well-oiled machine, instead of like a slightly out-of-control summer camp.
- This could never happen in the Bush operation, which has been turning out policy positions like a well-oiled machine.
natural substance under the ground [uncountable] the thick dark liquid from under the ground from which petrol is produced: a rise in the price of oil the importance of protecting our oil supplies an oil refinery (=factory where oil is made purer)2fuel [uncountable] a smooth thick liquid that is used to make machines run easily or is burned to produce heat: Check the oil level in your car every week. The heating system runs on oil.3liquid from plants [countable, uncountable] a smooth thick liquid made from plants or some animals, used especially in cooking or for making beauty products: cooking oilolive/vegetable/sunflower etc oil coconut oil shampoo Fish oils are supposed to help relieve arthritis. → castor oil, cod-liver oil, linseed oil4paint oils [plural] paints that contain oil SYN oil paintsin oils I usually paint in oils (=using oils). → burn the midnight oil at burn1(20), → pour oil on troubled waters at pour(8)COLLOCATIONSverbsdiscover/find oil· Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938.· How does a company go about finding oil and getting it from the ground?hit/strike oil (=to find oil when you are digging for it)· The engineers drilled down a few hundred metres until they hit oil.· The Ohio Oil Company struck oil on May 3rd.drill for oil· Plans to drill for oil off the New South Wales coast have recently been revived.produce oil (=to have natural areas of oil, and take it out of the ground)· The US does not produce enough oil to meet its own needs.extract oil formal (=to take oil out of an area)· the difficult process of extracting the oiladjectivescrude oil (=oil in its natural state)· the price of crude oilrefined oil (=oil that has been treated by an industrial process)· They had exported refined oil.offshore oil (=found under the sea, not far from the coast)· The company has the technical capabilities to produce offshore oil.heavy/light oil· 2,000 barrels of heavy oil are produced a day.· The oil corporation announced the discovery of another field of light oil.oil + NOUNoil prices· The increase in oil prices has prompted warnings of a global recession.the oil industry· He works in in the oil industry.an oil company· YPF was the state oil company in Argentina.an oil producer (=a country which produces oil)· The Soviet Union is the world's largest oil producer.an oil refinery (=a place where oil is treated by an industrial process)· an oil refinery in Perthoil production· a fall in US oil productionan oil spill (=situation in which oil comes out of a ship or other container into the sea)· a terrible oil spill near the Shetland Islandsan oil crisis (=situation in which there is not enough oil, and the price of oil is very high)· The world is facing an oil crisis.an oil rig (=structure on land or in the sea with equipment for getting oil out of the ground)· an oil rig in the North Seaoil1 nounoil2 verb
oiloil2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
oil
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | oil |
| he, she, it | oils | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | oiled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have oiled |
| he, she, it | has oiled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had oiled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will oil |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have oiled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am oiling |
| he, she, it | is oiling | |
| you, we, they | are oiling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was oiling |
| you, we, they | were oiling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been oiling |
| he, she, it | has been oiling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been oiling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be oiling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been oiling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I need to oil the hinges on this door.
- Back stage was like the Costa Brava: everyone oiling themselves and each other.
- But once he gets his hands all oiled up, he's a whizz at refreshing your players' tired muscles.
- Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers' businesses.
- Then, the top of the urn gave way and unscrewed as if it had been oiled.
- When he had finished he thanked her kindly and oiled himself thoroughly with his jewelled oil-can, to guard against mishap.
WORD SETS
AC, accessory, nounadapter, nounaerosol, nounalarm, nounarm, nounash, nounattaché case, nounbag, nounbar, nounbarrel, nounbeep, verbbeeswax, nounbell, nounbelly, nounbelt, nounbench, nounbenzine, nounbinding, nounbiro, nounbolt, nounbooth, nounbox, nounbox, verbbrad, nounbriefcase, nounbristle, nounbrolly, nounbrush, nounbucket, nounbuckle, nounbuffer, nounbulb, nounBulldog clip, nounbulletin board, nounbullhorn, nounbung, nounbunting, nounbusiness card, nounbutt, nounbutton, nounbuzzer, nouncable, nouncalling card, nouncan, nouncandle, nouncane, nouncarbon, nouncarbon copy, nouncarbon paper, nouncard, nouncardboard, nouncardboard, adjectivecardboard cut-out, nouncard catalog, nouncarrier, nouncarrier bag, nouncarryall, nouncart, nouncarton, nouncartridge, nouncase, nouncaster, nouncatch, nounCellophane, nouncesspit, nounchain, nounchalice, nounchannel, nounchart, nounchute, nouncitronella, nounclamp, nouncleat, nounclip, nounclipboard, nouncomb, nouncombination lock, nouncompartment, nouncord, nouncrank, nouncrate, nouncrepe paper, nouncycle, noundetector, noundial, noundigital, adjectivedisposable, adjectivedrape, verbdrawing pin, noundryer, noundurable goods, nounDurex, nounearplug, nounelastic band, nouneraser, nouneyelet, nounfabric, nounfelt-tip pen, nounfemale, adjectivefence, nounfiberglass, nounfibreglass, nounfigurine, nounfilament, nounfile, verbFilofax, nounfire extinguisher, nounfirewood, nounfitness, nounflag, nounflagon, nounflagstaff, nounflashlight, nounflat, adjectivefloodlight, nounfoam, nounfoam, verbfog, verbfolder, nounfoolscap, nounforecourt, nounfountain, nounfountain pen, nounframe, nounfunnel, nounfuse, noungadget, noungadgetry, noungargle, verbgas, nounglue, noungoggles, noungold card, noungranny knot, noungravel, noungravelled, adjectivegravelly, adjectivegrease, noungreetings card, noungrommet, noungum, noungun, noungunnysack, noungut, nounhand-held, adjectivehandle, nounhandloom, nounharness, nounhasp, nounhealth, nounhessian, nounhinge, nounhip, nounhoarding, nounhoist, nounholder, nounhook, nounhoop, nounhooter, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhub, nounhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectiveillness, nounindented, adjectiveinflatable, adjectiveingrained, adjectiveink, nouninn, nouninnkeeper, nouninsoluble, adjectiveivory, nounjacket, nounjack-knife, nounjoss stick, nounjuggle, verbkey, nounkeypad, nounkey ring, nounKleenex, nounknife, nounknob, nounlabel, nounladder, nounlantern, nounlatch, nounlatchkey, nounlather, nounlather, verbLCD, nounlead, nounlectern, nounlegal pad, nounlens, nounletterbox, nounlever, nounlibrary, nounlid, nounlidded, adjectivelift, nounlight, nounlight bulb, nounlink, nounlinseed oil, nounlitter bin, nounlock, nounlodestone, nounlog, nounloop, verblost property, nounmagnet, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnifying glass, nounmale, adjectivemantle, nounmanual, adjectivemarker, nounmarker pen, nounmarket day, nounmast, nounmastic, nounmatchstick, nounmaterial, nounmeter, nounmeths, nounmode, nounmortar, nounmortise lock, nounmould, nounmounting, nounmovement, nounnail, nounnameplate, nounnet, nounnib, nounnipple, nounnon-standard, adjectivenoose, nounnotebook, nounnotepad, nounnoticeboard, nounnozzle, nounnut, nounoil, verboilcan, nounoily, adjectiveorb, nounoutfit, nounoutlet, nounovernight, adverbpack, verbpackage, nounpad, nounpad, verbpadlock, nounpaintwork, nounpantyliner, nounpaper, nounpaperclip, nounpasserby, nounpaste, verbpasteboard, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpattern, nounpaving, nounpearl, nounpen, nounpenknife, nounpicket fence, nounpillbox, nounpince-nez, nounpinhead, nounpipe, nounpix, nounpizza parlor, nounplug, nounpocket, nounpocketbook, nounpocket calculator, nounpocket knife, nounpointer, nounpoison, nounpole, nounportfolio, nounPost-it, nounpowder, nounpowdered, adjectivepropellant, nounpropelling pencil, nounpump-action, adjectivePX, nounquarter, verbrack, nounreceptionist, nounreel, nounrefill, nounreflector, nounrefrigerate, verbregimen, nounreservation, nounreserve, verbsachet, nounsack, nounscratchpad, nounscratch paper, nounscreen, nounsealant, nounsealer, nounsearchlight, nounseason ticket, nounseat, nounself-assembly, adjectiveseptic tank, nounservice, nounservice, verbsetting, nounshade, nounsharpener, nounshovel, nounshovel, verbshovelful, nounsilver paper, nounsiphon, nounslat, nounslice, verbslot machine, nounslug, nounsmoke, nounsoot, nounsort, nounspare part, nounspigot, nounsponge, nounspool, nounspout, nounspray, nounspray can, nounspray paint, nounspring, nounstaff, nounstake, nounstalk, nounstandard, nounstaple, nounstapler, nounstationery, nounsteam, nounsteam clean, verbsteel, nounsteel wool, nounstepladder, nounstick, verbstick, nounsticker, nounstilt, nounstopper, nounstorm lantern, nounstrap, nounstreamer, nounstring, nounstub, nounsucker, nounSuperglue, nounswipe, verbswitch, nounswivel, nountab, nountack, nountag, nountag, verbtank, nountap, nountape, nountassel, nountattle, verbtea break, nounthong, nounthread, nountime-saving, adjectivetinder, nountinderbox, nountissue, nountop, nountote bag, nountowel, verbtray, nountrolley, nountube, nountubing, nountwine, nountwo-way mirror, nounumbrella, nounvent, nounvial, nounwaiting room, nounwasher, nounwaste paper, nounwatch, nounwaterspout, nounwheeled, adjectivewhistle, verbwooden, adjectivewriting paper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area. a pond filter a powerful media magnate agricultural production and distribution an illegal arms shipment his blood-soaked clothes
· an international oil company
· There is an energy crisis here, with power cuts happening daily.
BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area.· Oil exports from Iraq have resumed.
a pond filter· The country is dependent on oil imports for almost all its basic energy needs.
(=lamps that you light with a flame)· The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.
a powerful media magnate (=paint using a particular type of paint) He paints mainly in acrylics.
He paints mainly in acrylics.· A poor harvest led to higher food prices.
agricultural production and distribution· oil resources in the North Sea
an illegal arms shipment his blood-soaked clothes (=try to make an angry situation calmer)
· She uses vegetable oil instead of lard.
(=fat from whales that has been made into oil)· Whale oil was used in lamps.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Do not oil the pan as this will brown the bottom of the loaf prematurely.· Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to saute pan and lightly brown rabbit pieces.· Spoon into an oiled 10-inch tube pan.· Heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil in pan and brown patties on each side.
· Stir in buttermilk, egg, green onion, and remaining 2 tablespoons oil.· Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to pan and saute onion and garlic until lightly browned.· In a saute pan, lightly brown quail with remaining 2 tablespoons oil.· Heat wok, add 3 tablespoons oil.· Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to saute pan and lightly brown rabbit pieces.· In a large, heavy bottomed pot, saute duck in remaining 2 tablespoons oil until golden brown.· Heat 2 tablespoons oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large heavy bottomed pot.· Heat remaining 3 tablespoons oil in pan and brown patties on each side.
· His pale arms spinning through the water like the oiled wings of a doomed bird.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► oil-based/carbon-based/computer-based etc► explore (something) for oil/minerals/gold etc► he’s/she’s no oil painting► peak oil/coal/gas► pour oil on troubled waters
1to put oil onto part of a machine or part of something that moves, to help it to move or work more smoothly: - A certain level of corruption is tolerated as part of the grease that oils the wheels of the republic.
- Credit was the solvent that oiled the wheels of many other retailers' businesses.
- Gossiping, after all, is an important trade that oils the wheels of other people's industry.
- Normally Paul would have been circulating with the best of them, oiling the wheels.
- Lawmakers were burning the midnight oil last night, as the debate continued.
- Five worlds split into several sections is certainly enough to keep you burning the midnight oil.
- Ingrid and other loyal friends spent long hours burning the midnight oil with her when it came to the final typing.
- A slim slice of those revenues has always been cut for the communities in the oil fields, local politicians say.
- A third appraisal of this potentially significant heavy oil field will be drilled in 1993.
- For many residents of the oil fields, Pemex executives seem little different from the foreign overlords they replaced.
- Moreover there are indications that in this gas field a secondary fracture porosity may exist.
- North Shields became the export base for much of the South East Northumberland coal field.
- The downturn in the energy industry dragged on so long that workers drifted away and oil field equipment became outdated.
- We do know that most coal fields began life as swamps about 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period.
- But firemen confirmed the blast at 3.42am was caused by a gas leak from a water heater.
- But responding to Nathan Bryce's flirting was about as wise as striking matches to find a gas leak.
- That was the occasion when a gas leak caused an explosion which wrecked an entire tenement.
- The first reactor was closed down for repairs earlier this year after a gas leak.
- The victim was slumped over a freezer where he had been searching for a gas leak.
- If you're trained correctly you become like a well-oiled machine.
- It was running like a well-oiled machine, instead of like a slightly out-of-control summer camp.
- This could never happen in the Bush operation, which has been turning out policy positions like a well-oiled machine.
- A jar of Tom Kitten moisturizing cream costs $ 15.
- Hands and feet as well as face and neck may suffer from dryness and need a similar moisturizing cream at night.
- It is important to use moisturizing cream day and night so that the skin should feel soft as well as looking good.
- Yogurt acts like a moisturizing cream, and it makes the poultry so tender.
- For all his odd and scary views, Buchanan has played the fear card like a snake oil salesman hawking eternal life.
- Perhaps, when the shouting from snake oil salesmen subsides, our leaders will find a way to forge a bipartisan solution.
- If they do strike oil, there will be another test well in about a year's time.
- It was like striking gold or falling rapturously in love: he possessed secret knowledge that his Germantown friends could scarcely imagine.
- Oxford City Women's cross country team has struck gold.
- That's where I struck gold.
- They struck gold in Kalgorlie in 1893. 100 years on and they're celebrating another major rush.
- Twigg, the reigning world champ in pursuit, should strike gold again.
- Within a week of returning he had struck gold.
- You really have struck gold there.
- Azalea Concealed within this attractive storage jar is a litre of the finest extra virgin olive oil from Chianti.
- Vegetarians therefore may include a little oil in their cooking, and extra virgin olive oil is the best choice.
- We also bought some of the extra virgin olive oil, stored in huge terracotta jars with wooden lids.
- It was running like a well-oiled machine, instead of like a slightly out-of-control summer camp.
- This could never happen in the Bush operation, which has been turning out policy positions like a well-oiled machine.
The bicycle chain needs oiling.2to put oil or cream onto your skin, for example to protect you from the sun: I asked Simon to oil my back for me.3oil the wheels British English to help something to be done in business or politics successfully and easily