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noun
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.
5.
EXPANDInformal. unctuous hypocrisy; flattery.
6.
an oilskin garment.
7.
COLLAPSEAustralian and New Zealand Slang. facts or news; information: good oil.
verb (used with object)
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.
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adjective
Idioms12.
pertaining to or resembling oil.
13.
using oil, especially 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,
a.
to discover oil, especially to bring in a well.
b.
to have good luck, especially financially; make an important and valuable discovery: They struck oil only after years of market research.
Origin:
1125–75; Middle English olie, oile < Old French < Latin oleum, olīvum (olive) oil < *oleivum (compare Deus) < dialectal Greek *élaiwon (Attic élaion), derivative of *elaíwā olive
1125–75; Middle English olie, oile < Old French < Latin oleum, olīvum (olive) oil < *oleivum (compare Deus) < dialectal Greek *élaiwon (Attic élaion), derivative of *elaíwā olive
Related forms
oil·less, adjective
oil·less·ness, noun
oil·like, adjective
re·oil, verb
self-oil·ing, adjective
EXPANDun·oil·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
oil
c.1175, "olive oil," from Anglo-Fr. and O.N.Fr. olie, from O.Fr. oile (12c., Mod.Fr. huile), from L. oleum "oil, olive oil" (cf. Sp., It. olio), from Gk. elaion "olive tree," from elaia (see olive). O.E. æle, Du. olie, Ger. Öl, etc. all are from Latin. It meant
EXPAND "olive oil" exclusively till c.1300, when meaning began to be extended to any fatty, greasy substance. Use for "petroleum" first recorded 1526, but not common until 19c. The verb is c.1440, replacing O.E. besmyrian. The artist's oils (1663), short for oil-colour (1539), are paints made by grinding pigment in oil.
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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.
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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. |
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