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oil   (TTS Sound)

The noun oil has 4 senses

• oil -- (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)


• oil, oil color, oil colour -- (oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist)


• petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil -- (a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)


• vegetable oil, oil -- (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)

The verb oil has 2 senses

• oil -- (cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface")


• anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate -- (administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing)