"oils" in the noun sense
1. oil
a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
2. oil, oil color, oil colour
oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
3. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
4. vegetable oil, oil
any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
"oils" in the verb sense
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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