Soil Definition
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English
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Etymology 1
From Middle English soile, soyle, sule (“ground, earth”), partly from Anglo-Norman soyl (“bottom, ground, pavement”), from Latin solium (“seat, threshold, place”), mistaken for Latin solum (“ground, foundation, earth, sole of the foot”); and partly from Old English sol (“mud, mire, wet sand”), from Proto-Germanic *sulan (“mud, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Middle Low German söle (“dirt, mud”), Middle Dutch sol (“dirt, filth”), Middle High German sol, söl (“dirt, mud, mire”), Danish søle (“mud, muck”). See also sole.
Noun
soil (countable and uncountable; plural soils)
- (uncountable) A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- (uncountable) 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.
- (uncountable) 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.
- (euphemism) Country or territory.
- The refugees returned to their native soil.
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Translations
mixture of sand and organic material
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Etymology 2
From Middle English soilen, soulen, suylen (“to sully, make dirty”), partly from Old French soillier, souillier (“to soil, make dirty, wallow in mire”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *sauljan, *sulljan (“to make dirty, soil”); partly from Old English solian, sylian (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Germanic *sulwōjanan, *sulwianan, *sauljanan (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old Saxon sulian (“to soil, mire”), Middle Dutch soluwen, seulewen (“to soil, besmirch”), Old High German solagōn, bisullen (“to make dirty”), German dialectal sühlen (“to soil, make dirty”), Danish søle (“to make dirty, defile”), Swedish söla (“to soil, make dirty”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisauljan, “to bemire”).
Verb
to soil (third-person singular simple present soils, present participle soiling, simple past and past participle soiled)
- To make dirty.
- (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- reflexively: to soil oneself
- To make invalid, to ruin.
Synonyms
- (to make dirty): smirch, besmirch, dirty
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Translations
to make dirty
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Noun
soil (plural soils)
- (uncountable, euphemism) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- (countable) In medical terms, a bag containing soiled items.
Synonyms
- (faeces or urine etc.): dirt
Etymology 3
From Middle English soyl, from Old French soil, souil (“quagmire, marsh”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *sōlja, *saulja (“mire, miry place, wallow”), from Proto-Germanic *sauljō (“mud, puddle, feces”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old English syle, sylu, sylen (“miry place, wallow”), Old High German sol, gisol (“miry place”), German Suhle (“a wallow, mud pit, muddy pool”).
Noun
soil (plural soils)
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
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Adjective
soil
Rohingya
Etymology
Old French, perhaps from Latin solium (“seat”), by association with solum (“ground”).
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