oil

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1

(noun.) used as fuel/to make machines work smoothly

ADJ

linseed, paraffin

I applied paraffin oil to the wooden furniture to protect it from drying out.

QUANT

barrel

film

The mechanic wiped away a thin film of oil from the engine block.

drop

VERB + OIL

extract, obtain, produce

drill for

Several countries are drilling for oil off the coast of West Africa.

smell of

The old garage smelled of oil and rust from years of car repairs.

OIL + NOUN

slick, spill, spillage

The environmental team worked to clean up the massive oil spill in the harbor.

2

(noun.) used in cooking

ADJ

cooking | polyunsaturated | rancid

coconut, cod liver, fish, groundnut, olive, sesame, sunflower, vegetable

She uses sesame oil to cook stir-fries and give them an authentic Asian flavor.

salad

VERB + OIL

heat | boil sb/sth in, cook sth in, fry sth in

drizzle, pour

She poured oil into the hot pan before adding the chopped onions.

PREP

in ~

We cooked the vegetables in olive oil and garlic for dinner last night.

3

(noun.) used as a cosmetic/medicine

ADJ

aromatic, fragrant, scented

essential

I always add a few drops of essential oil to my bath water to help me relax.

body, hair | baby, bath | aromatherapy, massage | castor, evening primrose, lavender, etc.

VERB + OIL

massage/rub into, massage/rub sth with

He massaged warm oil into his sore shoulder muscles after the workout.

anoint sb/sth with

The priest anointed the baby with oil during the christening ceremony.

extract

PREP

~ of

I bought a small bottle of oil of lavender to use in my bath.

Definitions

noun

1

Liquid fat.

2

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

3

Petroleum.

Oil is mostly found in Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.

4

An oil painting.

Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's.

5

Oil paint.

I prefer to paint in oil

verb

1

To lubricate with oil.

Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling the motion.

2

To grease with oil for cooking.

3

To fuel with oil.

4

To say in an unctuous manner.

"Do you need a drink?" oils Robert Ryan to the disinterested Stanwyck in Clash By Night; "Let's say that's what I need," she sneers back.

noun

1

Abbreviation of oxygen-iodine laser.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

verb — administer an oil or ointment to

anoint
inunct
anele
embrocate

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

snake oil

A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.

burn the midnight oil

To work studiously, especially late into the night.

Near-synonym: pull an all-nighter

pour oil on troubled waters

To calm, appease or quiet a person or situation.

Tom Street deemed it his duty to pour oil upon the troubled waters, being, as it were, officially responsible for the welfare of the chowder-plates and tobacco-pipes which were hir

oil burner

A heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.

oil trash

An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.

1986, World oil: Volume 203, Issues 1-6, link One of my biggest complaints in this mess is that oil people are not speaking out. I am third generation oil trash, and beyond my pers

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Oil is mostly found in Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world.

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The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsy

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Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's.

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Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patt

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Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling

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The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically lon

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Collocations

(noun.) used as fuel/to make machines work smoothly

(noun.) used in cooking

(noun.) used as a cosmetic/medicine

Definitions

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Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

snake oil

burn the midnight oil

pour oil on troubled waters

oil burner

oil trash

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