oil

noun

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

Definition categories: substance, lipid, lipide, lipoid

2. oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

Definition categories: man–made

3. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Similar word(s): crude, petroleum

Definition categories: substance, oil

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

Definition categories: food

verb

1. cover with oil, as if by rubbing

- oil the wooden surface

Definition categories: contact, cover

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

Similar word(s): anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct

Definition categories: body, bless