[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.
| oil (oil) Pronunciation Key
Any of a large class of viscous liquids that are typically very slippery and greasy. Oils are composed mostly of glycerides. They are flammable, do not mix with water, and include animal and vegetable fats as well as substances of mineral or synthetic origin. They are used in food, soap, and candles, and make good lubricants and fuels. See essential oil, mineral oil, petroleum. |
OIL
1. ["The Architecture of the FAIM-1 Symbolic Multiprocessing System", A. Davis et al, 9th Intl Joint Conf in Artif Intell, 1985, pp.32-38].
2. Operator Identification Language. Used for overloading resolution by the Eli compiler-writing system.
Oil
Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex. 29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some of the offerings (Ex. 29:40; Lev. 7:12; Num. 6:15; 15:4), but was excluded from the sin-offering (Lev. 5:11) and the jealousy-offering (Num. 5:15); for burning in lamps (Ex. 25:6; 27:20; Matt. 25:3); for medicinal purposes (Isa. 1:6; Luke 10:34; James 5:14); and for anointing the dead (Matt. 26:12; Luke 23:56). It was one of the most valuable products of the country (Deut. 32:13; Ezek. 16:13), and formed an article of extensive commerce with Tyre (27:17). The use of it was a sign of gladness (Ps. 92:10; Isa. 61:3), and its omission a token of sorrow (2 Sam. 14:2; Matt. 6:17). It was very abundant in Galilee. (See OLIVE.)
oil
see banana oil; burn the midnight oil; grease (oil) someone's palm; grease (oil) the wheels; pour oil on troubled waters; strike it rich (oil).
