ENGLISH: oil - CREOLE: luil



Overview of noun oil



The noun oil has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (11) oil -- (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

2. (5) oil, oil color, oil colour -- (oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist)

3. vegetable oil, oil -- (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)



Overview of verb oil



The verb oil has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) oil -- (cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface")

2. anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate -- (administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing)

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