n.
1) to drill for; hit, strike ~
2) to pump ~
3) to produce; refine ~
4) crude; refined ~
5) household; lubricating; machine; motor ~
6) castor; coconut; cod-liver; cooking; corn; cottonseed; linseed; mineral; olive; palm; peanut; poppyseed; safflower; salad; sardine; sunflower; vegetable ~
7) coal ~ ('kerosene ~ AE , paraffin ~ BE '); shale ~
8) a film of ~
9) ( misc. ) to burn the midnight ~ ('to work very late at night'); ~ and water do not mix