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Soil is the ground or the surface of the Earth. (noun)

An example of soil is the dirt that plants grow in.

To soil means to make something dirty. (verb)

An example of to soil is to spill mud all over a pair of new, white shorts.

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See soil in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the surface layer of earth, supporting plant life
any place for growth or development
land; country; territory: native soil
ground or earth: barren soil

Related Forms:

soilless adjective

transitive verb

to make dirty, esp. on the surface
to smirch or stain
to bring disgrace upon
to corrupt or defile; sully

intransitive verb

to become soiled or dirty

noun

a soiled spot; stain; smirch
manure used for fertilizing
excrement, sewage, refuse, etc.
a soiling or being soiled

transitive verb

to feed (livestock) on soilage
to purge (livestock) by means of green food

See soil in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(soil)

noun

The top layer of the earth's surface, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with organic matter.
A particular kind of earth or ground: sandy soil.
Country; land: native soil.
The agricultural life: a man of the soil.
A place or condition favorable to growth; a breeding ground.

(soil)

verb soiled, soil·ing, soils

verb, transitive

To make dirty, particularly on the surface.
To disgrace; tarnish: a reputation soiled by scandal.
To corrupt; defile.
To dirty with excrement.

verb, intransitive

To become dirty, stained, or tarnished.

noun

a. The state of being soiled.
b. A stain.
Filth, sewage, or refuse.
Manure, especially human excrement, used as fertilizer.

(soil)

transitive verb soiled, soil·ing, soils

To feed (livestock) with soilage.
To purge (livestock) by feeding with green food.

See soil in Ologies

Soil

See also agriculture; dirt; geology.

agrogeology

the branch of geology concerned with the adaptability of land to agriculture, soil quality, etc.

the branch of soil science dealing especially with crop production. —agrologist, n. —agrological, adj.

edaphology

pedology.

geopony

the science of cultivation; agriculture. —geoponist, n. —geoponic, geoponical, adj.

the process by which loose mineral fragments or particles of sand are solidified into stone.

paleopedology, palaeopedology

the branch of pedology that studies the soil conditions of past geologic ages. —paleopedologist, palaeopedologist, n. —paleopedologic, palaeopedologic, paleopedological, palaeopedological, adj.

the branch of agriculture that studies soils; soil science. —pedologist, n. —pedologic, pedological, adj.

the state or quality of being rich or fertile. —pinguid, adj.

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