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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024oil /ɔɪl/USA pronunciation n. - Chemistryany of a large group of liquid substances that are thick, smooth, sticky, and sometimes easy to burn, taken from the ground, or from the fat of animals, or from plants, used variously in cooking, heating, and providing power in engines, and to make connecting parts run smoother: [uncountable]:cooking oil.[countable]vegetable oils.
- Fine Art
- a paint made of oil, esp. of linseed oil and used by artists for painting on canvas or other surfaces: [countable]bought some bright oils to use in class.[uncountable]working in oil.
- [countable] an oil painting.
v. [~ + object] - to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to oil:oil heat.
- using oil:an oil lantern.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024oil (oil),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistryany of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Chemistrya substance of this or similar consistency.
- Chemistryrefined or crude petroleum.
- Fine Art[Painting.]
- See oil color.
- See oil painting.
- Informal Termsunctuous hypocrisy;
flattery. - an oilskin garment.
- British Terms[Australian and New Zealand Slang.]facts or news;
information:good oil. - pour oil on troubled waters, to attempt to calm a difficult or tense situation, as an argument.
- strike oil:
- to discover oil, esp. to bring in a well.
- to have good luck, esp. financially;
make an important and valuable discovery:They struck oil only after years of market research.
v.t. - to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil.
- to bribe.
- to make unctuous or smooth:to oil his words.
- to convert into oil by melting, as butter.
adj. - pertaining to or resembling oil.
- using oil, esp. as a fuel:an oil furnace.
- concerned with the production or use of oil:an offshore oil rig.
- made with oil.
- obtained from oil.
- dialect, dialectal Greek *élaiwon (Attic élaion), derivative of *elaíwā olive
- *oleivum (compare Deus)
- Latin oleum, olīvum (olive) oil
- Old French
- Middle English olie, oile 1125–75
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