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SOIL
territory, soil
(noun) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; “American troops were stationed on Japanese soil”
land, ground, soil
(noun) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); “the land had never been plowed”; “good agricultural soil”
dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
(noun) the state of being covered with unclean things
soil, dirt
(noun) the part of the earth’s surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
(verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; “don’t soil your clothes when you play outside!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
soil (countable and uncountable, plural soils)
(uncountable) A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
Country or territory.
That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
Dung; compost; manure.
Synonyms
• (senses 1 to 3): dirt (US), earth
Etymology 2
Verb
soil (third-person singular simple present soils, present participle soiling, simple past and past participle soiled)
(transitive) To make dirty.
(intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
(transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
(reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
To make invalid, to ruin.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Synonyms
• (to make dirty): smirch, besmirch, dirty
Noun
soil (plural soils)
(uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
(countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
Synonyms
• (faeces or urine etc.): dirt
Etymology 3
Noun
soil (plural soils)
A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
Etymology 4
Verb
soil (third-person singular simple present soils, present participle soiling, simple past and past participle soiled)
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.
Anagrams
• LOIs, Lois, Sol I, oils, silo, soli
Source: Wiktionary
Soil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Soiling.] Etym: [OF. saoler, saouler, to satiate, F. soûler, L. satullare, fr. satullus, dim. of satur sated. See Satire.]
Definition: To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.
Soil, n. Etym: [OE. soile, F. sol, fr. L. solum bottom, soil; but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a miry place. Cf. Saloon, Soil a miry place, Sole of the foot.]
1. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
2. Land; country. Must I thus leave thee, Paradise thus leave Thee, native soil Milton.
3. Dung; fæces; compost; manure; as, night soil. Improve land by dung and other sort of soils. Mortimer. Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
Soil, v. t.
Definition: To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. Men . . . soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop. South.
Soil, n. Etym: [OF. soil, souil, F. souille, from OF. soillier, F. souiller. See Soil to make dirty.]
Definition: A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer. As deer, being stuck, fly through many soils, Yet still the shaft sticks fast. Marston. To take soil, to run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter. O, sir, have you taken soil here It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running. B. Jonson.
Soil, v. t.Etym: [OE. soilen, OF. soillier, F. souiller, (assumed) LL. suculare, fr. L. sucula a little pig, dim. of sus a swine. See Sow, n.]
1. To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust. Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained. Milton.
2. To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. Shak.
Syn.
– To foul; dirt; dirty; begrime; bemire; bespatter; besmear; daub; bedaub; stain; tarnish; sully; defile; pollute.
Soil, v. i.
Definition: To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
Soil, n. Etym: [See Soil to make dirty, Soil a miry place.]
Definition: That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain. A lady's honor . . . will not bear a soil. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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