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Definition of 'soil'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) soil
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.

2.  soil
the ground or earth:
tilling the soil.

3.  soil
a particular kind of earth:
sandy soil.

4.  soil
a country, land, or region.

5.  soil
any environment nurturing growth or development.

6. (v.t.) soil
to make dirty or filthy.

7.  soil
to smudge or stain.

8.  soil
to sully or tarnish, as with disgrace.

9. (v.i.) soil
to become soiled.

10. (n.) soil
the act or fact of soiling.

11.  soil
the state of being soiled.

12.  soil
a spot or stain.

13.  soil
foul matter; filth; sewage.

14.  soil
ordure; manure.

15. (v.t.) soil
to feed (confined cattle, horses, etc.) freshly cut green fodder for roughage.

Etymology: (1595–1605; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'soil'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge
the state of being covered with unclean things

2. (noun) soil, dirt
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

3. (noun) land, ground, soil
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"

4. (verb) territory, soil
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
"American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

5. (verb) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
make soiled, filthy, or dirty
"don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Definition of 'soil'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) soil
the substance on the ground in which plants grow
to plant seeds in the soil

2. soil
rich/fertile soil
soil in which things grow easily

Definition of 'soil'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) soil
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. (noun) soil
land; country

3. (noun) soil
dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil

4. (noun) soil
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

5. (noun) soil
to make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust

6. (noun) soil
to stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully

7. (noun) soil
that which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain

8. (verb) soil
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

9. (verb) soil
to enrich with soil or muck; to manure

10. (verb) soil
to become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones

Definition of 'soil'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. soil
The loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow. (Webster, 3d ed)

Translation of 'soil'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the upper layer of the earth, in which plants grow to plant seeds in the soil; a handful of soil.
Afrikaans: grond	Arabic: تُرْبَه	Bulgarian: почва
Brazilian: solo	Czech: půda, země	German: der (Erd)Boden
Danish: jord	Greek: έδαφος, χώμα	Spanish: tierra, suelo
Estonian: muld	Farsi: خاك	Finnish: multa
French: sol, terre	Hebrew: אֲדָמָה	Hindi: धरती, मिट्टी, खाद, मल
Croatian: tlo, zemlja	Hungarian: talaj	Indonesian: tanah
Icelandic: jarðvegur	Italian: suolo, terreno, terra	Japanese: 土
Korean: 토양	Lithuanian: dirva,žemė	Latvian: zeme; augsne
Malay: tanah	Dutch: teelaarde	Norwegian: jord
Polish: gleba	Persian: خاك	Pashto: خاوره
Portuguese: terra	Romanian: sol, pământ	Russian: почва; земля
Slovak: pôda, zem	Slovenian: zemlja	Serbian: zemlja
Swedish: jord, mull, mylla	Thai: ดิน	Turkish: toprak
Taiwanese: 土壤	Ukrainian: земля; ґрунт	Urdu: زمین کا بالائی پرت
Vietnamese: đất trồng	Chinese: 土壤
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