oil

noun5

1. •
   Liquid fat.
2. •
   a dark liquid found deep in the ground, burned for power or made into gas for cars

   • Oil is found in countries such as Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world.
3. •
   Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
4. •
   Oil paint.

   • I prefer to paint in oil
5. •
   An oil painting.

   • Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's. — 1973

verb4

1. •
   To lubricate with oil.
2. •
   To grease with oil for cooking.
3. •
   To fuel with oil.
4. •
   To say in an unctuous manner.

   • "Do you need a drink?" oils Robert Ryan to the disinterested Stanwyck in Clash By Night; "Let's say that's what I need," she sneers back. — 1984

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of oxygen-iodine laser.