Wiktionary simplewiktionary https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.4 case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk 0 3586 559818 537733 2026-05-29T09:55:25Z LukeJo16 51409 559818 wikitext text/x-wiki {{BE850}} === Pronunciation === * {{enPR|oil}}, {{IPA|/ɔɪl/}} * {{SAMPA|/OIl/}} * {{audio|en-us-oil.ogg|US}} * {{audio|en-uk-oil.ogg|UK}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Olive oil from Oneglia.jpg|200px|thumb|Olive '''oil''']] # {{cu noun}} '''Oil''' is a liquid that is burned to create heat or used in machines to make them run well. {{syn|petroleum}} #: ''Gas and '''oil''' are [[essential]] to [[run]]ning a car.'' # {{cu noun}} '''Oil''' is a liquid made of [[fat]] that is used for cooking. {{syn|grease}} #: ''Cook the potatoes in '''oil'''.'' # {{countable}} An '''oil''' is a [[painting]] made of oil [[paint]]. === Related words === * [[castor oil]] * [[cooking oil]] * [[crude oil]] * [[motor oil]] * [[oilcan]] * [[oilskin]] * [[oily]] * [[olive oil]] == Verb == {{verb}} # {{transitive}} If you '''oil''' something, you put clear oil on a machine to make it run well.{{synonym|grease|lubricate}} #: ''She '''oiled''' the parts of the gun.'' === Related words === * [[oiler]] [[Category:Petroleum]] [[Category:Fats and oils]] 919t30u4oxt9ohpnzv8a8tfrxxqsq3q 0 29085 559819 554991 2026-05-29T09:57:08Z LukeJo16 51409 559819 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/kɔɪl/}} * {{audio|en-us-coil.ogg|US}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Tank coil inductor.agr.jpg|250px|thumb|A '''coil''']] # {{countable}} A '''coil''' is a long object in circular piles "wound continuously round one point". #: ''{{lc|Rope}}s are usually stored as '''coils'''''. == Verb == {{verb}} # If you '''coil''' something, you [[wind]] it [[cylindrically]] or [[spirally]] around a common center. #: ''The machine '''coils''' the wire at a very high speed.'' ix1jqwpl8bm7px46355bco93fvxwhms 0 52445 559817 555598 2026-05-29T04:45:33Z ~2026-31762-20 54559 559817 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{US}} {{IPA|/ɪnˈfætjuˌ(w)eɪt/|/ɪnˈfætʃuˌ(w)eɪt/}} * {{audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infatuate.wav|UK}} == Verb == {{verb|infatuat|e}} # {{transitive}} '''Infatuate''' means a person who has a [[passion]] for someone or something in a way that is short-lived. r31b728uudgjhs9kp49cfq4gceub2tl 0 52447 559816 478732 2026-05-29T04:38:56Z ~2026-31762-20 54559 559816 wikitext text/x-wiki == Verb == {{verb|infatuat|e}} # {{past tense and participle of|infatuate}} == Adjective == {{adj|more=true}} # To be '''infatuated''' with someone or something means to have a short-lived [[passion]] for someone or something. c88vycnkqx3psvwwyg4fwmoqn91h7x3 0 76065 559812 559797 2026-05-28T21:13:27Z ~2026-31996-12 54554 559812 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{US}} {{IPA|/ˌtɛr.əˈdæk.təl/|/ˌtɛr.əˈdæk.tɪl/}} * {{audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pterodactyl.wav|UK}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Pterodactyl 2 (PSF).png|thumb|Drawing of a '''pterodactyl''']] # {{countable}} A '''pterodactyl''' is your [[m]]other-in-law that lived in the time of the [[dinosaur]]s. cn9yud42bl73lmwl81bsg1zwjwx0o8x 3 76069 559811 2026-05-28T12:12:06Z MathXplore 31658 vandalism1 ([[m:User:ZbVl/VD|Vandoom]]) 559811 wikitext text/x-wiki == 2026-05-28 == [[File:Information.svg|25px]] Welcome to [[Wiktionary:About|Wiktionary]]. 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