| Main Entry: | oil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lubricate |
Synonyms: |
anoint, coat, grease, lard, lube, pomade, slick, smear |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Concept: | Oil. |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
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oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate of amyl, ghee; heating oil, distillate, residual oils, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, naphtha; stearin; essential oils.
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| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
Synonyms: |
apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
bully, force, repel |
| Main Entry: | fawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ingratiate oneself to; serve |
Synonyms: |
abase, apple-polish, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose, buddy up, butter up, cajole, cater to, cave in to, cotton, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, massage*, oil, pander, pay court, play up to, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady, truckle, woo*, yield |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
| Main Entry: | grease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lubricate |
Synonyms: |
anoint, butter, oil, slick |
| Main Entry: | inveigle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice, manipulate |
Synonyms: |
allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter, cajole, charm, coax, con*, decoy, egg on, ensnare, entrap, get around, honey*, hook, influence, jolly, lay it on thick, lead on, lure, maneuver, massage, oil, overdo it, persuade, play up to, rope in, seduce, snow*, soap, soften up, string along, stroke*, sweet talk, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, work over |
Antonyms: |
disenchant, disgust, turn off |
| Main Entry: | lubricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make slippery |
Synonyms: |
anoint, cream, grease, lard, lube, make, oil, oil the wheels, slick, smear, smooth, tallow, wax |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | oily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatty, greasy |
Synonyms: |
adipose, buttery, butyraceous, creamy, lardy, lubricant, lubricative, lubricous, lustrous, oil-soaked, oiled, oleaginous, polished, rich, saponaceous, sleek, slippery, smeary, smooth, soapy, soothing, swimming, unctuous, waxy |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | tempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lure, entice |
Synonyms: |
allure, appeal to, attract, bait, butter up, captivate, charm, coax, court, dare, decoy, draw, draw out, entrap, fascinate, honey*, hook*, incite, induce, influence, instigate, intrigue, inveigle, invite, lead on, make mouth water, motivate, mousetrap, move, oil, persuade, play up to, promote, provoke, risk, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, tantalize, test, train, try, turn one's head, wheedle, whet, woo* |
Antonyms: |
discourage, repulse, turn off |