Anagram Solver

Definitions for 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 . oil color. oil painting.
[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, 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 , to discover oil, especially to bring in a well. to have good luck, especially financially; make an important and valuable discovery: They struck oil only after years of market research.
[19] any of a number of viscous liquids with a smooth sticky feel. They are usually flammable, insoluble in water, soluble in organic solvents, and are obtained from plants and animals, from mineral deposits, and by synthesis. They are used as lubricants, fuels, perfumes, foodstuffs, and raw materials for chemicals See also essential oil, fixed oil
[20] another name for petroleum (as modifier ) an oil engine ; an oil rig
[21] Also called: lubricating oil any of a number of substances usually derived from petroleum and used for lubrication (in combination ) an oilcan ; an oilstone (as modifier ) an oil pump
[22] Also called: fuel oil a petroleum product used as a fuel in domestic heating, industrial furnaces, marine engines, etc
[23] British paraffin, esp when used as a domestic fuel (as modifier ) an oil lamp ; an oil stove
[24] any substance of a consistency resembling that of oil oil of vitriol
[25] the solvent, usually linseed oil, with which pigments are mixed to make artists' paints
[26] (often plural) oil colour or paint (as modifier ) an oil painting
[27] an oil painting
[28] the good oil or the dinkum oil Australian and NZ slang facts or news
[29] strike oil to discover petroleum while drilling for it informal to become very rich or successful
[30] to lubricate, smear, polish, etc, with oil or an oily substance
[31] informal to bribe (esp in the phrase oil someone's palm )
[32] oil the wheels to make things run smoothly
[33] See well-oiled

Words related to Oil

coat, grease, anoint, smear, slick, lard, pomade, lube

Words nearby Oil

oic, oicel, oidiomycin, oidium, oik, oil, oil and water don't mix, oil beetle, oil burner, oil cake, oil city

Origin of Oil

1125–75; Middle English olie, oile < Old French < Latin oleum, olīvum (olive) oil < *oleivum (cf. Deus) < dialectal Greek *élaiwon (Attic élaion ), derivative of *elaíwā olive

Other words from Oil

oil·less , adjective
oil·less·ness , noun
oil·like , adjective
re·oil , verb
self-oil·ing , adjective
un·oil·ing , adjective

Word origin for Oil

C12: from Old French oile, from Latin oleum (olive) oil, from olea olive tree, from Greek elaia olive

Synonyms for Oil

coat, grease, anoint, lard, lube, pomade, slick, smear