soil
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Noun (4)soils
- anything regarded as making something uncleanSynonyms: dirtfilthgrimestaingreasegrungeType of dirtiness, uncleanness
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rockSynonyms: dirtType of earth, groundKinds mud, clay, sand, subsoil, topsoil, prairie soil, gilgai soil, desert soil, laterite, Indian red +21 more
- 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”Synonyms: landgroundType of object, physical objectKinds turf, bottomland, overburden, coastland, wetland, badlands, scablands, polder, rangeland, permafrost +1 more
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state“American troops were stationed on Japanese soil”Synonyms: territoryType of geographical area, geographic area
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Translations
Noun mixture of sand and organic material
- Spanish
- tierra
- French
- terre
- German
- Erde
- Italian
- terra
- Portuguese
- solo
- Turkish
- toprak
- Russian
- по́чва póčva
- Arabic
- تُرْبَة turba
- Chinese
- 土壤 tǔrǎng
- Japanese
- 土 tsuchi
36 more languages
- Dutch
- grond
- Polish
- gleba
- Swedish
- jord
- Greek
- χώμα chóma
- Korean
- 흙 heuk
- Indonesian
- tanah
- Vietnamese
- đất
- Hungarian
- talaj
- Portuguese (PT)
- solo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 土壤 tǔrǎng
- Albanian
- dhe
- Breton
- douar
- Catalan
- sòl
- Corsican
- terra
- Czech
- půda
- Danish
- jord
- Esperanto
- grundo
- Estonian
- muld
- Finnish
- multa
- Georgian
- ნიადაგი niadagi
- Hebrew
- אֲדָמָה adamá
- Icelandic
- jarðvegur
- Kurdish
- ax
- Latvian
- augsne
- Lithuanian
- dirva
- Malagasy
- tany
- Norwegian
- jord
- Romanian
- sol
- Scottish Gaelic
- ùir
- Serbo-Croatian
- zemlja
- Slovak
- pôda
- Slovenian
- prst
- Swahili
- udongo
- Walloon
- tere
- Welsh
- pridd
- Yiddish
- ערד erd
Noun earth in which plants grow
- Spanish
- tierra
- French
- terre
- German
- Boden
- Italian
- terreno
- Portuguese
- terra
- Turkish
- toprak
- Russian
- по́чва póčva
- Dutch
- aarde
- Polish
- ziemia
- Swedish
- jord
24 more languages
- Korean
- 토양 toyang
- Hungarian
- táptalaj
- Portuguese (PT)
- terra
- Breton
- douar
- Catalan
- sòl
- Corsican
- terra
- Czech
- půda
- Danish
- jord
- Esperanto
- grundo
- Estonian
- muld
- Georgian
- ნიადაგი niadagi
- Hebrew
- אדמה adama
- Icelandic
- jarðvegur
- Kurdish
- ax
- Latvian
- augsne
- Lithuanian
- dirva
- Malagasy
- tany
- Norwegian
- jordsmonn
- Romanian
- sol
- Scottish Gaelic
- talamh
- Slovak
- pôda
- Swahili
- udongo
- Welsh
- pridd
- Yiddish
- ערד erd
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OF. saoler, saouler, to satiate, F. soûler, L. satullare, fr. satullus, dim. of satur sated. See Satire.
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.
Origin: OE. soile, F. sol, fr. L. solum bottom, soil; but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a miry place. Cf. Saloon, Soil a miry place, Sole of the foot.
1. 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. Land; country.
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil?— John Milton
3. Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.— John Mortimer
Soil pipe, a pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Men... soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop.— Robert South
Origin: OF. soil, souil, F. souille, from OF. soillier, F. souiller. See Soil to make dirty.
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.
As deer, being stuck, fly through many soils, Yet still the shaft sticks fast.— John Marston
To take soil, to run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.
O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.— Ben Jonson
Origin: OE. soilen, OF. soillier, F. souiller, (assumed) LL. suculare, fr. L. sucula a little pig, dim. of sus a swine. See Sow, noun
1. To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.— John Milton
2. To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. William Shakespeare
Synonyms: To foul; dirt; dirty; begrime; bemire; bespatter; besmear; daub; bedaub; stain; tarnish; sully; defile; pollute.
To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
Origin: See Soil to make dirty, Soil a miry place.
That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
A lady's honor... will not bear a soil.— John Dryden
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54