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soil² Audio Help   (soil) Pronunciation Key
v.   soiled, soil·ing, soils

v.   tr.

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

v. intr.
To become dirty, stained, or tarnished.

n.

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

[Middle English soilen, from Old French souiller, from Vulgar Latin *suculāre (from Late Latin suculus, diminutive of Latin sūs, pig; see sū- in Indo-European roots) or from souil, pigsty, wallow (from Latin solium, seat; see soil¹).]

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soil³ Audio Help (soil) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. soiled, soil·ing, soils

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

[Origin unknown.]

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soiled
adjective
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" [syn: dirty] [ant: clean]

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