{
  "oil":{
    "a picture created with oil paint":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "that artist is known to have created only oils and charcoal sketches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "fresco",
        "mural",
        "panorama",
        "diptych",
        "triptych",
        "acrylic",
        "aquarelle",
        "gouache",
        "watercolor",
        "distemper",
        "drawing",
        "etching",
        "finger painting",
        "pastel",
        "sketch",
        "tempera",
        "masterpiece",
        "pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
        "showpiece"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "canvas",
        "canvass",
        "oil painting",
        "painting"
      ]
    },
    "to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "if you oil the machinery on a regular basis, it will operate more efficiently"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "coarsen",
        "rough",
        "roughen",
        "dehydrate",
        "dry",
        "parch",
        "sear"
      ],
      "related":[
        "bathe",
        "douse",
        "dowse",
        "drench",
        "soak",
        "souse",
        "wash",
        "water",
        "wet"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "grease",
        "lubricate",
        "slick",
        "wax"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}