Results for soil

Definitions of soil:

part of speech: verb intransitive

To become stained or dirty.

part of speech: noun

Dirt: dung: foulness: a spot or stain.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To take a soil: to tarnish.

part of speech: noun

The ground: the mould on the surface of the earth which nourishes plants: country.

part of speech: noun

Filth; any foul matter upon another substance; a stain; dung; tarnish.

part of speech: verb transitive

To make dirty; stain; as, to soil the hands.

part of speech: verb

To defile; to polute; to dirty; to besmear; to bedaub.

part of speech: noun

The upper stratum of the earth; mould; land.

part of speech: verb

In agri., to feed cattle with green food in the stall.

part of speech: verb transitive

To make dirty: to stain: to manure.

Usage examples for soil:

• It is easiest to thin out when the soil is wet. "What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes", Dorothy Canfield Fisher

• There was about three feet of water, the rest being all soil "Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1", Ernest Giles

• In considering the sanitary condition of a locality, the character of the soil is an important factor. "Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value", Harry Snyder

• I will not listen to words that soil your lips and my ears! "The Iron Woman", Margaret Deland