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Meaning
Noun
●
A
mixture
of
mineral
particles
and
organic
material
, used to support
plant
growth.
●
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.
●
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.
●
Country or territory.
●
That which
soils
or
pollutes
; a stain.
●
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.
●
Dung;
compost
; manure.
●
Faeces or
urine
etc. when
found on
clothes.
●
In Medicine:
A
bag
containing
soiled
items.
●
A
wet
or
marshy
place in which a
boar
or other such
game
seeks
refuge
when hunted.
Verb
●
To make dirty.
●
To become
dirty
or soiled.
●
To
stain
or
mar
,
as with
infamy
or
disgrace
; to
tarnish
; to sully.
●
To
dirty
one's
clothing
by
accidentally
defecating
while clothed.
●
To make
invalid
, to ruin.
●
To
enrich
with
soil
or
muck
; to manure.
●
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 (due to such food having the effect of
purging
them) to
purge
by
feeding
on
green
food.
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Wiktionary
Origin
soil
English
soile
Middle English (1100-1500)
soilen
Middle English (1100-1500)
soyl
Middle English (1100-1500)
soil
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Dirt
Earth
Soyl
Smirch
Besmirch
Dirty
Feces
Blacken
Related
Land
Compost
Sediment
Groundwater
Plant
Vegetation
Water
Sand
Grass
Ground
Moisture
Fertilizer
Clay
Peat
Mulch
Surface
Sediments
Algae
Manure
Turf
Mud
Gravel
Loam
Crop
Material
Fertilize
Farmland
Subsurface
Air
Humus
Concrete
Cement
Rocks
Plants
Seed
Biochar
Topdressing
Crops
Dust
Bermudagrass
Root
Bleach
Limestone
Tissue
Rock
Organic Matter
Ground Water
Surface Water
Water Table
Leaf Litter
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Rhymes
Oil
Roil
Coil
Toil
Boil
Foil
Soil
Moil
Moel
Broil
Boyle
Spoil
Thoil
Hoyle
Choil
Moile
Recoil
Assoil
Despoil
Embroil
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