Synonyms for oil
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oil |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɔɪl |
Définition of oil
Origin :- late 12c., "olive oil," from Anglo-French and Old North French olie, from Old French oile, uile "oil" (12c., Modern French huile), from Latin oleum "oil, olive oil" (source of Spanish, Italian olio), from Greek elaion "olive tree," from elaia (see olive). Old English æle, Dutch olie, German Öl, etc. all are from Latin. It meant "olive oil" exclusively till c.1300, when meaning began to be extended to any fatty, greasy substance. Use for "petroleum" first recorded 1520s, but not common until 19c. The artist's oils (1660s), short for oil-color (1530s), are paints made by grinding pigment in oil.
- verb lubricate
- The bucket is perforated at the bottom, and being elevated, the oil drains off.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- It is this oil that causes bananas to disagree with some persons.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Then would Flossy be ready with her gentle drops of oil to soothe the ruffles.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Measure the vinegar and oil and add them to the dry ingredients.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- She was good, and she had been anointed with the oil of gladness.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I'll have to burn some midnight oil, but I can visualize the bridge.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Mortifications of the flesh and fasts purify, not oil or water.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- It is said that from the head and the feet of Nicholas flowed two fountains of oil which cured every ill.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- You may add to it some hard-boiled yolk of egg, mashed in the oil.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- I should have believed so, if my hand which had clutched that other hand, had not been slippery with oil.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
Antonyms for oil
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