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petroleum:

The noun petroleum has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)

1. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil -- (a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)

oil:

The noun oil has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (10) oil -- (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
2. (5) oil, oil color, oil colour -- (oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist)
3. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil -- (a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)
4. vegetable oil, oil -- (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)

The verb oil has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) oil -- (cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface")
2. anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate -- (administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing)

fires:

The noun fire has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)

1. (43) fire -- (the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire")
2. (18) fire, firing -- (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire")
3. (7) fire, flame, flaming -- (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries")
4. (4) fire -- (a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked")
5. (3) fire -- (once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles))
6. (3) ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness -- (feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor")
7. fire -- (fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire")
8. fire -- (a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation")
9. fire, attack, flak, flack, blast -- (intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak")

The verb fire has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)

1. (30) open fire, fire -- (start firing a weapon)
2. (16) fire, discharge -- (cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet")
3. (10) fire -- (bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery")
4. (7) displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")
5. (5) fire, discharge, go off -- (go off or discharge; "The gun fired")
6. (1) fire -- (drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism")
7. (1) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")
8. (1) burn, fire, burn down -- (destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries")
9. fuel, fire -- (provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace")

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