soiling

Danh từ

sự vấy bẩn; làm bẩn

noun

plural soils

the top layer of earth in which plants grow [noncount]

This kind of plant grows well in moist soil.

The soil in this area is very fertile/sandy.

Cleaning up contaminated soil [=soil that has harmful chemicals in it] can be very costly. [count]

Certain plants cannot live in poorly drained soils. - see also potting soil

[noncount] formal + literary :the land of a particular country

They have returned to their native soil. [=the place they are originally from]

I had never set foot on Japanese/Italian soil before. [=I had never been to Japan/Italy before]

[noncount] :a place where something begins or develops

Poor neighborhoods can be fertile soil for crime. [=there is often a lot of crime in poor neighborhoods]

the soil literary :farming as a way of making a living

Her ancestors had felt a closeness to the soil.

verb

soils; soiled; soiling

formal

[+ obj] :to make (something) dirty

I soiled my blouse/shirt at the cocktail party.

The ink soiled his hands.

Her clothes were soiled and very wet.

soiled linens/underwear/diapers - sometimes used figuratively

He refused to soil his hands [=do anything dishonest or wrong] for her.

[no obj] :to become dirty

This fabric soils easily.

verb

His shirts were returned by the laundry still soiled

The scandal soiled his previously spotless reputation

noun

The soil is carried away by these pipes into the main sewer

waste (matter)

noun

The men who dug the swimming-pool took away the soil from the pit

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