What does SOIL mean?

Definitions for SOIL
sɔɪlsoil

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SOIL.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grungenoun

    the state of being covered with unclean things

  2. soil, dirtnoun

    the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

  3. land, ground, soilnoun

    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. territory, soilverb

    the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

    "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

  5. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemireverb

    make soiled, filthy, or dirty

    "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Wiktionary

  1. soilnoun

    Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.

  2. soilnoun

    A bag containing soiled items.

  3. soilverb

    To make dirty.

  4. soilverb

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

  5. soil

    To make invalid, to ruin.

  6. soilnoun

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

  7. Etymology: From soile, soyle, sule, partly from soyl, from solium, mistaken for solum; and partly from sol, from sulan, from sūl-. Cognate with söle, sol, sol, söl, søle. See also sole, soal.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Soilnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    By indirect ways
    I met this crown; and I myself know well
    How troublesome it sate upon my head:
    To thee it shall descend with better quiet;
    For all the soil of the atchievement goes
    With me into the earth. William Shakespeare, Henry. IV.

    That would be a great soil in the new gloss of your marriage. William Shakespeare.

    Vexed I am with passions,
    Which give some soil perhaps to my behaviour. William Shakespeare.

    I would have the soil of her fair rape
    Wip’d off. William Shakespeare.

    A lady’s honour must be touch’d,
    Which, nice as ermines, will not bear a soil. Dryden.

    Judgment may be made of waters by the soil whereupon they run. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    Her spots thou see’st
    As clouds, and clouds may rain, and rain produce
    Fruits in her soften’d soil. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    The first cause of a kingdom’s thriving is the fruitfulness of the soil, to produce the necessaries and conveniencies of life; not only for the inhabitants, but for exportation. Jonathan Swift.

    Dorset, that with a fearful soul
    Leads discontented steps in foreign soil,
    This fair alliance shall call home
    To high promotions. William Shakespeare.

    O unexpected stroke, worse than of death!
    Must I thus leave thee, paradise! thus leave
    Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades;
    Fit haunts of gods. John Milton.

    The haven has been stopped up by the great heaps of dirt that the sea has thrown into it; for all the soil on that side of Ravenna has been left there insensibly by the sea. Addis.

    Improve land by manure, dung, and other sort of soils. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

  2. To Soilverb

    Etymology: silian , Saxon; soelen, old German; souiller, French.

    A silly man in simple weeds forlorn,
    And soiled with dust of the long dried way. Fairy Queen.

    Although some hereticks have abused this text, yet the sun is not soiled in passage. Francis Bacon, Holy War.

    If I soil
    Myself with sin, I then but vainly toil. George Sandys.

    I would not soil these pure ambrosial weeds,
    With the rank vapours of this sin-worm mould. John Milton.

    Bad fruit of knowledge, if this be to know,
    Which leaves us naked thus, of honour void,
    Of innocence, of faith, of purity,
    Our wonted ornaments now soil’d and stain’d. John Milton.

    One who cou’d n’t for a taste o’ th’ flesh come in,
    Licks the soil’d earth,
    While reeking with a mangled Ombit’s blood. Nahum Tate.

    If the eye-glass be tincted faintly with the smoke of a lamp or torch, to obscure the light of the star, the fainter light in the circumference of the star ceases to be visible, and the star, if the glass be sufficiently soiled with smoke, appears something more like a mathematical point. Newton.

    An absent hero’s bed they sought to soil,
    An absent hero’s wealth they made their spoil. Alexander Pope.

    Men now present, just as they soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop. South.

Wikipedia

  1. Soil

    Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil.

ChatGPT

  1. soil

    Soil is a natural resource consisting of layers that are primarily composed of minerals mixed with organic matter, water, and air. This makes it capable of supporting plant life. It serves as a medium for plant growth; a habitat for many different types of organisms; a recycling system for nutrients and organic waste; a regulator of water quality; and a modifier of the atmosphere. The formation of soil involves complex processes of weathering and decomposition over a long period of time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Soilverb

    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

  2. Soilnoun

    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

  3. Soilnoun

    land; country

  4. Soilnoun

    dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil

  5. Soilverb

    to enrich with soil or muck; to manure

  6. Soilnoun

    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. Soilnoun

    to make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust

  8. Soilnoun

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

  9. Soilverb

    to become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones

  10. Soilnoun

    that which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain

  11. Etymology: [See Soil to make dirty, Soil a miry place.]

Wikidata

  1. Soil

    Soil is a natural body consisting of layers that are primarily composed of minerals, mixed with at least some organic matter, which differ from their parent materials in their texture, structure, consistency, color, chemical, biological and other characteristics. It is the unconsolidated or loose covering of fine rock particles that covers the surface of the earth. Soil is the end product of the influence of the climate, relief, organisms, parent materials, and time. In engineering terms, soil is referred to as regolith, or loose rock material that lies above the 'solid geology'. In horticulture, the term 'soil' is defined as the layer that contains organic material that influences and has been influenced by plant roots, and may range in depth from centimetres to many metres. Soil is composed of particles of broken rock which have been altered by physical, chemical and biological processes that include weathering with associated erosion. Soil is created from the alteration of parent material by the interactions between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. It can also be considered a mixture of mineral and organic materials in the form of solids, gases and liquids. Soil is commonly referred to as "earth" or "dirt"; technically, the term "dirt" should be restricted to displaced soil.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Soil

    soil, n. the ground: the mould on the surface of the earth which nourishes plants: country.—adj. Soil′-bound, attached to the soil.—n. Soil′-cap, the covering of soil on the bed-rock.—adj. Soiled, having soil. [O. Fr. soel, suel, sueil—Low L. solea, soil, ground, L. solea, sole, allied to L. solum, ground, whence Fr. sol, soil.]

  2. Soil

    soil, n. dirt: dung: foulness: a spot or stain: a marshy place in which a hunted boar finds refuge.—v.t. to make dirty: to stain: to manure.—v.i. to take a soil: to tarnish.—n. Soil′iness, stain: foulness.—adj. Soil′less, destitute of soil.—ns. Soil′-pipe, an upright discharge-pipe which receives the general refuse from water-closets, &c., in a building; Soil′ure (Shak.), stain: pollution. [O. Fr. soil, souil (Fr. souille), wallowing-place—L. suillus, piggish—sus, a pig, a hog.]

  3. Soil

    soil, v.t. to feed at the stall for the purpose of fattening. [O. Fr. saoulersaol, saoul—L. satullussatur, full.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Soil

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

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SOIL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2462

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SOIL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4785

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SOIL' in Nouns Frequency: #958

Anagrams for SOIL »

  1. silo

  2. soli

  3. lois

  4. siol

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SOIL in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SOIL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of SOIL in a Sentence

  1. Yoshihide Suga:

    Rain is expected in affected areas today. Because of the rain we have seen so far, levels of water are high in some rivers and soil is loose in some areas, please remain on your guard for landslides and river overflows.

  2. David Hughes:

    The rain has increased possibilities of having another good year in acreage, possibly well above 6 million hectares, soil moisture is good, futures price are very good and fertilizer prices are at a good relationship versus wheat prices.

  3. Alok Gupta:

    Silt increases soil fertility. If farmers use the silt from Nilona, they can get a higher (crop) yield. In turn, we don’t have to worry about its disposal.

  4. The LaGrande family:

    He recognized that the climate, soil and water supply in the region was the correct balance to successfully grow rice.

  5. Eric Swalwell:

    Usama bin Laden did not enter US soil on Sept. 11, but it was widely acknowledged that he was responsible for inspiring the attack on our country, and the president, with his words — using the word ‘fight,’ with the speakers that he assembled that day, who called for trial by combat and said we have to take names and kick a--, that is hate speech that inspired and radicalized people to storm the Capitol.

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