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# oily

«oily» in Mova's school dictionary: **Covered with oil or containing a lot of oil: «oily…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#m1)

2) Like oil, smooth and greasy: «an oily liquid». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#m2)

3) Of a person: too polite and friendly in a way you do not trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x1)
- Salmon is an oily fish that is good for your brain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x2)
- The chips were too oily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x3)
- The seabird's feathers were oily after the spill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x4)
- An oily film floated on top of the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x5)
- Wash your oily hair with shampoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x6)
- The oily man smiled too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x7)
- He heard them crack the small round bones with their strong long teeth and eat out the oily marrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/22-mums-vitamin-and-cod-liver-oil/11/)
- [Soap breaks apart the oily layer that sticks germs to the skin, so water can wash them away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.