oily
part of speech
adjective (oily, oilier, oiliest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Covered with oil or containing a lot of oil: «oily hands», «oily fish». tree →
2) Like oil, smooth and greasy: «an oily liquid». tree →
3) Of a person: too polite and friendly in a way you do not trust. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons: oil does not mix with water and floats on top; oily stains are hard to wash out. In healthy eating: «oily fish» like salmon and sardines are good for you. In environment lessons: oil spills leave birds' feathers oily so they cannot fly or keep warm. In everyday life: «oily skin», «oily rag».
examples
- My hands were oily after fixing my bike. tree →
- Salmon is an oily fish that is good for your brain. tree →
- The chips were too oily. tree →
- The seabird's feathers were oily after the spill. tree →
- An oily film floated on top of the water. tree →
- Wash your oily hair with shampoo. tree →
- The oily man smiled too much. tree →
- He heard them crack the small round bones with their strong long teeth and eat out the oily marrow. tree →
note
Comparative: oilier, oiliest (y → i). Oil and water do not mix: oil floats because it is less dense. «Oily» = with oil; «greasy» = with fat or grease — they are close in meaning.
In the corpora
- Dietitians suggest eating oily fish, such as salmon or sardines, about once a week.
- Soap breaks apart the oily layer that sticks germs to the skin, so water can wash them away.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «oily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.