Synonym: anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil color, oil colour, vegetable oil. Similar words: soil, boil, toilet, boiling water. Meaning: [ɔɪl] 
n. 1. a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water 2. oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist 3. any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants. v. 1. cover with oil, as if by rubbing 2. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
n. 1. a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water 2. oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist 3. any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants. v. 1. cover with oil, as if by rubbing 2. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing. 
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241. This gold frame sets off your oil painting very well.
242. Shell signed a contract to develop oil and gas reserves near Archangel.
243. Oryx is a Dallas-based oil and gas exploration and production concern.
244. Aid officials said that the first emergency food rations of wheat and oil were handed out here last month.
245. The shipwreck of the tanker has caused one of the worst oil spills in recent years.
246. Chinese geologists are pitting their knowledge, skill and modern technical equipment against nature in an effort to get more oil for their country.
247. Evening primrose oil is used on the skin as well as taken internally.
248. Your engine will seize up if you don't put some more oil in.
249. Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent.
250. Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water'ssurface.
251. The oil spill was a disaster for Alaskan sea animals.
252. The gas companies are having to lay off staff in the face of stiff competition from oil.
253. There is still much antagonism between trades unions and the oil companies.
254. The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spillage.
255. The Middle East is the world's single most important source of oil.
256. The government has to provide against a possible oil shortage in the coming months.
257. The two countries went to war with one another over oil prices.
258. A damaged tanker has spilled millions of gallons of oil into the sea. Sentencedict.com
259. He was a diver on a North Sea oil rig.
260. We are in danger of exhausting the world's oil supply .
261. If you often burn the midnight oil, you'll burn yourself out.
262. The West made impressive strides in improving energy efficiency after the huge rises in oil prices during the seventies.
263. More and more beaches are being fouled by oil leakages.
264. Big money could still be made if the crisis keeps oil prices high.
265. We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
266. Coat the fish with breadcrumbs and fry in a little oil.
267. A refining process is used to extract usable fuel from crude oil.
268. America has cut its oil imports from the Middle East by 73%.
269. The government agreed to backstop companies that invested in oil exploration.
270. Remove the onion from the oil with a slotted spoon.