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Definitions for Soil

[1] the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
[2] a particular kind of earth: sandy soil.
[3] the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil.
[4] a country, land, or region: an act committed on American soil.
[5] the ground or earth: tilling the soil.
[6] any place or condition providing the opportunity for growth or development: Some believe that poverty provides the soil for crime.
[7] to make unclean, dirty, or filthy, especially on the surface: to soil one's clothes.
[8] to smirch, smudge, or stain: The ink soiled his hands.
[9] to sully or tarnish, as with disgrace; defile morally: to soil one's good name.
[10] to become soiled: White soils easily.
[11] the act or fact of soiling.
[12] the state of being soiled.
[13] a spot, mark, or stain.
[14] dirty or foul matter; filth; sewage.
[15] ordure; manure.
[16] to feed (confined cattle, horses, etc.) freshly cut green fodder for roughage.
[17] the top layer of the land surface of the earth that is composed of disintegrated rock particles, humus, water, and air See zonal soil, azonal soil, intrazonal soil, horizon (def. 4), horizon (def. 5) Related adjective: telluric
[18] a type of this material having specific characteristics loamy soil
[19] land, country, or region one's native soil
[20] the soil life and work on a farm; land he belonged to the soil, as his forefathers had
[21] any place or thing encouraging growth or development
[22] to make or become dirty or stained
[23] (tr) to pollute with sin or disgrace; sully; defile he soiled the family honour by his cowardice
[24] the state or result of soiling
[25] refuse, manure, or excrement
[26] (tr) to feed (livestock) freshly cut green fodder either to fatten or purge them

Words related to Soil

dust, clay, land, ground, region, sully, debase, pollute, tarnish, smear, muddy, taint, smudge, degrade, contaminate, besmirch, tar, grime, soot, loam

Words nearby Soil

sohf, soho, soho square, soi-disant, soigné, soil, soil bank, soil binder, soil conditioner, soil conservation, soil creep

Origin of Soil

3First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain

Other words from Soil

soil·less , adjective

Word origin for Soil

C17: perhaps from obsolete vb (C16) soil to manure, from soil ² (n)

Synonyms for Soil

clay, dust, ground, land, grime, loam, soot, dry land, terra firma