Definitions
1.NounA mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth."We bought a bag of soil for the houseplants."
2.NounThe unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
3.NounThe 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.
4.NounCountry or territory.
5.NounThat which soils or pollutes; a stain.
6.NounA 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.
7.NounDung; compost; manure."night soil"
8.VerbTo make dirty.
9.VerbTo become dirty or soiled."Light colours soil sooner than dark ones."
10.VerbTo stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
11.VerbTo dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed."The child was so scared she soiled herself."
12.VerbTo make invalid, to ruin.
13.VerbTo enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
14.NounFaeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
15.NounA bag containing soiled items.
16.NounA wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
17.VerbTo 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."to soil a horse"