[oil] 
| 1. | any 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. |
| 2. | a substance of this or similar consistency. |
| 3. | refined or crude petroleum. |
| 4. | Painting.
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| 5. | Informal. unctuous hypocrisy; flattery. |
| 6. | an oilskin garment. |
| 7. | Australian and New Zealand Slang. facts or news; information: good oil. |
| 8. | to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil. |
| 9. | to bribe. |
| 10. | to make unctuous or smooth: to oil his words. |
| 11. | to convert into oil by melting, as butter. |
| 12. | pertaining to or resembling oil. |
| 13. | using oil, esp. as a fuel: an oil furnace. |
| 14. | concerned with the production or use of oil: an offshore oil rig. |
| 15. | made with oil. |
| 16. | obtained from oil. |
| 17. | pour oil on troubled waters, to attempt to calm a difficult or tense situation, as an argument. |
| 18. | strike oil,
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| oil (oil) n.
To lubricate, supply, cover, or polish with oil. [Middle English, from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, olive oil, from Greek *elaiwon, elaion, from *elaiwā, elaiā, olive.] |
oil (oil)
n.
Any of numerous mineral, vegetable, and synthetic substances and animal and vegetable fats that are generally slippery, combustible, viscous, liquid or liquefiable at room temperatures, soluble in various organic solvents such as ether but not in water, and used in a great variety of products, especially lubricants and fuels.
