as in paintings
a picture created with oil paint
that artist is known to have created only oils and charcoal sketches
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as in greases
to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction
if you oil the machinery on a regular basis, it will operate more efficiently
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Recent Examples of oils
Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Add ingredients, stir briefly to integrate them together and garnish with a large grapefruit peel, expressing the oils over the top of the drink before adding the peel to the glass.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 May 2026
Moisturizers, face oils, and primers are a key first step to ensuring that the makeup going onto your face afterwards will apply and sit right.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 May 2026
The oils richest in these essential fatty acids are canola, soybean, sunflower — the very oils the guidelines are steering people away from.
—Cole Hanson, STAT, 22 May 2026
These oils can easily catch fire.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 21 May 2026
Lazy Susans corral oils, spices and condiments so nothing gets lost in the back.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
Officials are additionally warning residents not to pour fats, oils, or grease down household drains because those substances eventually enter the water system and can impact the bay.
—Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Natural pesticides offering some downy mildew control include need oils and copper fungicides.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
Nude or near-nude, pert or pendulous of breast and bare or near-bare of pudendum, these women—rendered with great verve and skill, mostly in oils, but, occasionally, in pastels, graphite, collage, or watercolor—are sexy in a pornographic, girly-mag sort of way.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Add ingredients, stir briefly to integrate them together and garnish with a large grapefruit peel, expressing the oils over the top of the drink before adding the peel to the glass.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 May 2026
Moisturizers, face oils, and primers are a key first step to ensuring that the makeup going onto your face afterwards will apply and sit right.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 May 2026
The oils richest in these essential fatty acids are canola, soybean, sunflower — the very oils the guidelines are steering people away from.
—Cole Hanson, STAT, 22 May 2026
These oils can easily catch fire.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 21 May 2026
Lazy Susans corral oils, spices and condiments so nothing gets lost in the back.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
Officials are additionally warning residents not to pour fats, oils, or grease down household drains because those substances eventually enter the water system and can impact the bay.
—Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Natural pesticides offering some downy mildew control include need oils and copper fungicides.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Verb
Ramakrishnan typically oils her hair twice a week before washing it.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oils
Noun
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Nearby a glass wall that overlooked the second floor of exhibiting galleries, Sharon Stone was sharing photos of her own paintings with Frieze executive Simon Fox.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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The pas de deux between Billy and Kris is entrancingly sexy, and the film’s love relationship to movie magic is just as romantic, from Anderson’s grand-dame costuming to the matte paintings that serve as backdrops in both the film-within-the-film and the one containing it.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Verb
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View this post on Instagram Access greases the gears of the entire apparatus by creating its own positive feedback loop, like an ouroboros of exclusivity.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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No eyeball-grabbing videos, no partisan commentary or agenda, and none of the edge or snark that greases the gears of the perpetual-political-outrage machine.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Her huge canvases, installed almost theatrically on floor-to-ceiling posts, depict crowds dissolving into smoke, shadow, and flesh-toned blurs.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
15 May 2026
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His goal with CubaNostalgia is to preserve the designs of those buildings on large canvases that lead visitors on a stroll through Havana.—
Sarah Moreno
May 14,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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“Oils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oils. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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