oil
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- n a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- n oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- n a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- n any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- v cover with oil, as if by rubbing
oil the wooden surface - v administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
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- French oil companies have operated there for most of the past 75 years.
- Of all industrial accidents, few are messier than oil spills.