Oil
noun
A smooth thick liquid produced from plants, animals, or minerals that is used in cooking and for other things such as making machines work smoothly.
I need to buy some cooking oil.
Often appears as...
- cooking oil
- motor oil
noun
A type of fuel that is used in heating and transport.
The price of oil has risen sharply due to the crisis in the Middle East.
Often appears as...
- crude oil
- oil prices
verb
To put oil on or into something to make it work better or to stop it from squeaking.
You should regularly oil your bicycle chain to keep it from rusting.
Often appears as...
- oil the hinges
- oil the machinery
noun
Any of various substances, as essential oils, prepared or derived from oil.
She uses lavender oil to help her relax.
Often appears as...
- essential oil
- massage oil
noun
A painting medium in which pigments are combined with an oil, usually linseed.
She is a famous artist known for her work in oil.
Often appears as...
- oil painting
- oil portrait
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Academic
noun
A smooth thick liquid produced from plants, animals, or minerals that is used in cooking and for other things such as making machines work smoothly.
I need to buy some cooking oil.
Often appears as...
- cooking oil
- motor oil
noun
A type of fuel that is used in heating and transport.
The price of oil has risen sharply due to the crisis in the Middle East.
Often appears as...
- crude oil
- oil prices
verb
To put oil on or into something to make it work better or to stop it from squeaking.
You should regularly oil your bicycle chain to keep it from rusting.
Often appears as...
- oil the hinges
- oil the machinery
noun
Any of various substances, as essential oils, prepared or derived from oil.
She uses lavender oil to help her relax.
Often appears as...
- essential oil
- massage oil
noun
A painting medium in which pigments are combined with an oil, usually linseed.
She is a famous artist known for her work in oil.
Often appears as...
- oil painting
- oil portrait
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Not Just Cooking
Beyond the kitchen, 'oil' in other contexts refers to lubrication or maintenance tasks.
He bought oil for his squeaky door hinges.
Pro Tip 2/2Texture Descriptor
'Oil' often describes the smooth, slippery quality of food or substances.
The oil made the salad dressing silky.
Pro Tip 1/2Not Just Cooking
Beyond the kitchen, 'oil' in other contexts refers to lubrication or maintenance tasks.
He bought oil for his squeaky door hinges.
Pro Tip 2/2Texture Descriptor
'Oil' often describes the smooth, slippery quality of food or substances.
The oil made the salad dressing silky.
Pro Tip 1/2Not Just Cooking
Beyond the kitchen, 'oil' in other contexts refers to lubrication or maintenance tasks.
He bought oil for his squeaky door hinges.
Pro Tip 2/2Texture Descriptor
'Oil' often describes the smooth, slippery quality of food or substances.
The oil made the salad dressing silky.
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Garth Lenz: The true...
so that the oil companies wouldn't be trying to promote something that sounds like a sticky tar-like substance that's the world's dirtiest oil. So they decided to call it oil sands. The tar sands consume more water than any other oil process, three to five barrels of water are taken, polluted and then returned into tailings ponds,
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Why do whales sing? -...
military sonar, underwater construction, and seismic surveys for oil are occurring more often which may interfere with whale's communication. Some whales will avoid key feeding or breeding grounds if human noise is too loud. And humpback whales have been observed to reduce their singing
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Why is ketchup so hard...
Now imagine that same bottle full of a liquid like water. That would pour like a dream. Ketchup, though, can't seem to make up its mind. Is it is a solid? Or a liquid? The answer is, it depends. The world's most common fluids like water, oils and alcohols respond to force linearly.
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The life cycle of a...
and driven questionable human labor practices. It's also turned fashion into the second largest polluter in the world after oil. But there are things we can do. Consider shopping secondhand. Try to look for textiles made from recycled or organic fabrics.
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Why don't oil and water...
When we look at oil or salt in water, we focus on the forces between particles on a very, very, very small scale, the molecular level. To give you a sense of this scale, in one glass of water, there are more molecules than known stars in the universe.
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How fire shapes...
burning lithic landscapes coal oil gas and the rest these are the fossil fallow of an industrial society and with them we have begun once more to remake the world you know traditionally we have thought of fire history as a
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How smart are...
there are certain problems that they need our help to solve. Indonesia has the world's highest rate of deforestation, and millions of acres of rain forest are burned annually to support the logging and palm oil industries.
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The myth of Cupid and...
Before long, Psyche was pregnant. She rejoiced, but was also conflicted. How could she raise her baby with a man she'd never seen? That night, Psyche approached her sleeping husband holding an oil lamp.
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Extreme Oil Drilling PIPE...
come the difficulty of extracting oil from old fields around the world makes n wire an appealing target over the past century oil exploration has touched nearly every corner of the globe
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When The World Gets 1℃...
we burn fossil fuels coal gas and oil to power our energy generation to heat our homes to drive our factories to power our cars and our trains and travel around the world
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
so that the oil companies wouldn't be trying to promote something that sounds like a sticky tar-like substance that's the world's dirtiest oil. So they decided to call it oil sands. The tar sands consume more water than any other oil process, three to five barrels of water are taken, polluted and then returned into tailings ponds,
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
military sonar, underwater construction, and seismic surveys for oil are occurring more often which may interfere with whale's communication. Some whales will avoid key feeding or breeding grounds if human noise is too loud. And humpback whales have been observed to reduce their singing
Video examples
Why is ketchup so hard...
Now imagine that same bottle full of a liquid like water. That would pour like a dream. Ketchup, though, can't seem to make up its mind. Is it is a solid? Or a liquid? The answer is, it depends. The world's most common fluids like water, oils and alcohols respond to force linearly.
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
and driven questionable human labor practices. It's also turned fashion into the second largest polluter in the world after oil. But there are things we can do. Consider shopping secondhand. Try to look for textiles made from recycled or organic fabrics.
Video examples
Why don't oil and water...
When we look at oil or salt in water, we focus on the forces between particles on a very, very, very small scale, the molecular level. To give you a sense of this scale, in one glass of water, there are more molecules than known stars in the universe.
Video examples
How fire shapes...
burning lithic landscapes coal oil gas and the rest these are the fossil fallow of an industrial society and with them we have begun once more to remake the world you know traditionally we have thought of fire history as a
Video examples
How smart are...
there are certain problems that they need our help to solve. Indonesia has the world's highest rate of deforestation, and millions of acres of rain forest are burned annually to support the logging and palm oil industries.
Video examples
The myth of Cupid and...
Before long, Psyche was pregnant. She rejoiced, but was also conflicted. How could she raise her baby with a man she'd never seen? That night, Psyche approached her sleeping husband holding an oil lamp.
Video examples
Extreme Oil Drilling PIPE...
come the difficulty of extracting oil from old fields around the world makes n wire an appealing target over the past century oil exploration has touched nearly every corner of the globe
Video examples
When The World Gets 1℃...
we burn fossil fuels coal gas and oil to power our energy generation to heat our homes to drive our factories to power our cars and our trains and travel around the world
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Zaha Hadid
British Architect
Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true.
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Jeff Goodell
American Author
Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.
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Cara Delevingne
English Model
I never do anything to my hair. I just wash it. It tends to get dry, so I just try to put good, natural oils in it. I do a deep conditioning mask, which is quite good.
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Trudie Styler
English Actress
My life is to travel, and my life is also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of oil companies.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
We don't have all the time in the world with oil. We have to use oil while it makes sense to do so.
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Janet McTeer
English Actress
I'd rather lose large than win slightly. I think life is an oil painting, not a watercolor.
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Rodrigo Rato
Spanish Politician
Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.
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Mary Steenburgen
American Actress
Essential oils are extremely important to me.
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Mario Puzo
American Novelist
Friendship and money: oil and water.
Quote examples
Zaha Hadid
British Architect
Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true.
Quote examples
Jeff Goodell
American Author
Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.
Quote examples
Cara Delevingne
English Model
I never do anything to my hair. I just wash it. It tends to get dry, so I just try to put good, natural oils in it. I do a deep conditioning mask, which is quite good.
Quote examples
Trudie Styler
English Actress
My life is to travel, and my life is also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of oil companies.
Quote examples
Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
We don't have all the time in the world with oil. We have to use oil while it makes sense to do so.
Quote examples
Janet McTeer
English Actress
I'd rather lose large than win slightly. I think life is an oil painting, not a watercolor.
Quote examples
Rodrigo Rato
Spanish Politician
Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.
Quote examples
Mary Steenburgen
American Actress
Essential oils are extremely important to me.
Quote examples
Mario Puzo
American Novelist
Friendship and money: oil and water.
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