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oil > 5 senses
NOUN1oilA slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
2oil, oil colorOil paint used by an artist
3oil, vegetable oilAny of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
VERB1oilCover with oil, as if by rubbing
2oil, anoint, inunct, anele, embrocateAdminister an oil or ointment to
oil > pronunciation
Soundsoy'l
Rhymesairfoil, boil, Boyle, and 18 more rhymes in oyl at the HyperDic website...
oil > noun 1, substance
MeaningA slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
Narrowersassafras oil; calamus oil; rape oil, rapeseed oil, colza oil; safflower oil; hydnocarpus oil; babassu oil, babacu oil; cohune-nut oil, cohune oil, cohune fat; almond oil, expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil; pennyroyal oil, hedeoma oil; hyssop oil; spike lavender oil, spike oil; pennyroyal oil; croton oil; fuel oil, heating oil; animal oil; camphor oil; grease, lubricating oil; essential oil, volatile oil; mineral oil; motor oil; fixed oil, fatty oil; fusel oil; stand oil; neroli oil; tall oil; petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil; shale oil; linseed oil, flaxseed oil; tung oil, Chinese wood oil; chaulmoogra oil
Broaderlipid, lipide, lipoid
Verbsoil; oil
oil > noun 2, artifact
MeaningOil paint used by an artist.
Synonymsoil color
Broaderoil paint
oil > noun 3, food
MeaningAny of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants.
Synonymsvegetable oil
Narrowercooking oil; sweet oil; canola oil; coconut oil, copra oil; corn oil; cottonseed oil; olive oil; palm oil; peanut oil, groundnut oil; salad oil; safflower oil; sesame oil; soybean oil, soyabean oil; sunflower oil, sunflower-seed oil; walnut oil; madia oil; drying oil
Broaderedible fat
Substance ofmargarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge
oil > verb 1, contact
MeaningCover with oil, as if by rubbing.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"oil the wooden surface"
Broadercover
Nounsoil; oiler
oil > verb 2, body
MeaningAdminister an oil or ointment to . Often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something
Synonymsanoint, inunct, anele, embrocate
Broaderbless
Nounsoil

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