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oil
Noun
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Oil is a liquid that is burned to create heat or used in machines to make them run well.
Gas and oil are essential to running a car.
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Oil is a liquid made of fat that is used for cooking.
Cook the potatoes in oil.
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An oil is a painting made of oil paint.
oil
Verb
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If you oil something, you put clear oil on a machine to make it run well.
She oiled the parts of the gun.
cap
Noun
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A cap is a small hat.
He was wearing blue jeans and a ball cap.
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A cap is a cover that closes the end of something, such as a bottle or pipe.
First we need to remove the cap, then we can drain the fluid from the tank.
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A cap is a limit.
The government should place a cap on spending for next year.
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A cap is small piece of explosive that is used to set off larger explosives.
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A cap is the top part of a mushroom.
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A cap is a crown for covering a tooth.
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A cap is the summit (top) of a mountain.
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A cap is a small amount of gunpowder that is used to set off a toy gun.
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If you "pop a cap" on someone, you shoot them with a gun.
You best watch out or I'll bust a cap in your ass.
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A cap is an international appearance of a player in a team.
cap
Verb
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If you cap something, you put a cap on it.
We need to cap that pipe before turning the water back on.
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If you cap something, you set an upper limit on it.
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If something caps something, it fits on it and is a cap for it.
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If you cap someone, you shoot that person.
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If you cap something, you lie over or on top of something.
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If you cap something, you surpass or outdo something.
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News and current affairs
Some companies even seem to celebrate the melting of the polar ice cap, because it will reduce the cost of extracting the oil that lies beneath the Arctic Ocean.