oil
IPA: ˈɔɪɫ
noun
- Liquid fat.
- petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- petroleum
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
- (attributive) Containing oil, conveying oil; intended for or capable of containing oil.
- A surname from Indonesian
- Abbreviation of oxygen-iodine laser.
verb
- (transitive) To lubricate with oil.
- (transitive) To grease with oil for cooking.
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Examples of "oil" in Sentences
- The engine held a quart of oil and had no oil filter.
- The oil tank represents productivity and the oil industry.
- That sounds like we have to lubricate some oil in the engine.
- Misuse of the holy oil, the anointing oil, or the holy incense.
- Lubrication oil is supplied to the bearings through the oil port.
- Poppyseed oil was used to adulterate olive oil and peach kernel oil.
- Oil crisis left the bulky pony cars out of step with the marketplace.
- Engine lubrication was by manually adding oil to the fuel in the tank.
- An oil sump at the bottom of the capsule is provided for lubricating oil.
- The engine also becomes irreparably damaged by being run without enough oil.
- You have poured oil in the raw and festering wound of an old friend's conscience, Cottle! but it is _oil of vitriol!
- He would offer all the cattle, and all the oil of his kingdom, _thousands of ram, and ten thousands of rivers of oil_!
- Mucilage, camphor, and oil may be taken to neutralize cantharides: -- CANTHARIDES ... hair-grower ... _oil_ ... smooth-running
- I've added equipment (from plantdrive. com) so I can use vegetable oil as a fuel, but as long as I keep away from high sulfur canola oil*, I'm in the clear.
- But as soon as the vermin have disappeared, let the oil be discontinued, as the _natural oil_ of the hair is, at other times, the only oil that is required on the head.
- Add 12 ounces of beeswax to a gallon of linseed oil, and boil it two hours; prime the cloth with this mixture, and use the same in place of _boiled oil_ for mixing the paint.
- I got 2 boxes (12x2) 5w30 1qt NAPA syn oil for $2.99/qt and purolator filter for $1.25 a piece a few months back with my MM rebate cards (so basically oil+ filter is all FREE for me).
- George W. Bush runs the risk of alienating the worlds biggest source of oil with his plan to end Americas oil addiction, Opec delegates, oil ministers, energy experts and even some environmentalists said yesterday.
- Moab abounded with flocks, particularly with sheep; * it abounded also with oil; and Balak supposed that the divine favor might be obtained by sacrifices of this kind -- by a profusion of them -- _thousands of ram, and ten thousands of rivers of oil_.
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