Definitions for OIL
ɔɪloil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. oilnoun

   a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

2. oil, oil color, oil colournoun

   oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

3. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oilnoun

   a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

4. vegetable oil, oilverb

   any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

5. oilverb

   cover with oil, as if by rubbing

   "oil the wooden surface"

6. anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocateverb

   administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oilnoun

   Liquid fat.

2. oilnoun

   Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

3. oilnoun

   An oil painting.

4. oilverb

   to lubricate with oil

5. oilverb

   to grease with oil for cooking

6. Etymology: oile, from olie, from oleum, from ἔλαιον, from ἐλαία. More at olive. Supplanted æle, also from Latin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OILnoun

   Etymology: oœl , Saxon; oleum, Latin.

   1. The juice of olives expressed.

   Bring pure oil olive beaten for the light. Ex. xxvii. 20.

   2. Any fat, greasy, unctuous, thin matter.

   In most birds there is only one gland; in which are divers cells, ending in two or three larger cells, lying under the nipple of the oil bag. William Derham, Physico-Theol.

   3. The juices of certain vegetables, expressed or drawn by the still without fermentation, or after the spirit.

   Oil with chemists called sulphur, is the second of their hypostatical, and of the true five chymical principles. It is an inflammable, unctuous, subtile substance, which usually rises after the spirit. The chemists attribute to this principle all the diversity of colours, and all the beauty and deformity. It sweetens the acrimony of salts, and by stopping or filling up the pores of a mixt body, keeps it longer from corruption, where it abounds. There are two sorts of oil which seem to be mixt with spirit; for it can never be drawn pure, and which will swim upon water, such as oil of aniseed and lavender, which the chemists call essential, and is commonly drawn in a limbeck with store of water: and another kind which probably is mixt with salts; and these will sink in water, such as the oil of guiacum and cloves. John Harris.

   After this expressed oil, we made trial of a distilled one; and for that purpose made choice of the common oil or spirit. Boyle.

2. To Oilverb

   To smear or lubricate with oil.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   The men fell a rubbing of armour, which a great while had lain oiled. Henry Wotton.

   Amber will attract straws thus oiled, it will convert the needles of dials, made either of brass or iron, although they be much oiled, for in those needles consisting free upon their center there can be no adhesion. Thomas Browne, V. Err.

   Swift oils many a spring which Harley moves. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oil

   Oil is any of a number of nonpolar, hydrophobic, and viscous liquids.

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1. oil

   Oil is a viscous, non-polar liquid substance that is usually derived from petroleum or plant and animal sources. This hydrophobic (water-repelling), lipophilic (fat-dissolving) substance is typically used for lubrication, fuel, cooking, and as a key component in a variety of industrial processes and products. Oil can also refer to any substance that resembles the characteristics of oil, such as its smoothness or slickness.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oil

   An oil is any neutral, nonpolar chemical substance, that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures, and is immiscible with water but soluble in alcohols or ethers. Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are usually flammable and slippery. Oils may be animal, vegetable, or petrochemical in origin, and may be volatile or non-volatile.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Oil

   oil, n. the juice from the fruit of the olive-tree: any greasy liquid.—v.t. to smear or anoint with oil.—ns. Oil′bag, a bag or cyst in animals containing oil; Oil′cake, a cake made of flax seed from which the oil has been pressed out; Oil′cloth, a painted floorcloth; Oil′-col′our, a colouring substance mixed with oil; Oil′er, one who, or that which, oils: an oil-can: (coll.) a coat of oilskin; Oil′ery, the commodities of an oil-man; Oil′-gas, illuminating gas or heating gas made by distilling oil in closed retorts; Oil′iness; Oil′-man, one who deals in oils; Oil′-mill, a grinding-mill for expressing oil from seeds, nuts, &c.; Oil′nut, the butter-nut of North America; Oil′-paint′ing, a picture painted in oil-colours: the art of painting in oil-colours; Oil′-palm, a palm whose fruit-pulp yields palm-oil; Oil′-press, a machine for expressing oils from seeds or pulp; Oil′skin, cloth made waterproof by means of oil: a garment made of oilskin; Oil′-spring, a spring whose water contains oily matter: a fissure or area from which petroleum, &c. oozes; Oil′stone, a fine-grained kind of stone used, when wetted with oil, for sharpening tools; Oil′-well, a boring made for petroleum.—adj. Oil′y, consisting of, containing, or having the qualities of oil: greasy.—Strike oil (see Strike). [O. Fr. oile (Fr. huile)—L. oleum—Gr. elaion—elaia, the olive.]

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Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Fossil Fuel
   • Lipid
   • Oil
   • Oil Paint

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OIL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #966

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OIL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1435

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OIL' in Nouns Frequency: #402

Anagrams for OIL »

1. ILO

2. LOI

How to pronounce OIL?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of OIL in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of OIL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of OIL in a Sentence

1. Art Hogan:

   The largest issue is certainly the fact that we don't know how much the Chinese economy is slowing, that's manifesting itself in lower oil prices.

2. John Stephenson:

   As long as oil remains under pressure, which it looks like it will be for most of 2016, then we're going to see limited upside for the banks.

3. Ken Hasegawa:

   Oil prices may soften if there is an increase in stocks in the U.S. - we can expect a continued increase of inventories, brent and WTI continue to trend sideways, with WTI facing more volatility. Brent has been descending for the past few days and we believe that it is hovering near a support level.

4. Tim Ghriskey:

   What continues to be the focus for the markets is oil, there was some buying, and we'll see evidence of this ... buying on the dips.

5. Richard Aboulafia:

   If (oil) prices stay around $50, there could be some real damage to these programs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OIL
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oil
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=OIL
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=OIL
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=OIL