soil

B2
Pronunciation
/sɔɪl/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.

2 Definition

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.

3 Definition

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.

4 Definition

Country or territory.

Example Sentences
  • Kenyan soil
5 Definition

That which soils or pollutes; a stain.

6 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.

7 Definition

Dung; compost; manure.

Example Sentences
  • night soil
8 Definition

Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

9 Definition

A bag containing soiled items.

10 Definition

A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make dirty.

2 Definition

To become dirty or soiled.

Example Sentences
  • Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.
3 Definition

To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

4 Definition

To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.

5 Definition

To make invalid, to ruin.

6 Definition

To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

7 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • to soil a horse