Definition of Oil

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Definition of Oil

Oil

Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

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Oil Quotations

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa

If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa

Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
Joan Rivers

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'
Joey Adams

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.
George W. Bush

The oil can is mightier than the sword.
Everett Dirksen

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
Calvin Coolidge

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
Henry Ward Beecher

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
J. Paul Getty

Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
J. Paul Getty

Oil Translations

oil in Afrikaans is olie
oil in Danish is olie
oil in Dutch is olie
oil in French is huile
oil in Italian is oleato
oil in Norwegian is olje
oil in Spanish is aceite, el aceite

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