soil

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[edit] English

Soil at varying depths.
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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.

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soil (countable and uncountable; plural soils)

  1. (uncountable) A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
  4. (euphemistic) Country or territory.
    The refugees returned to their native soil.
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mixture of sand and organic material
mineral or organic material serving as a natural medium for the growth of land plants
unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth
country or territory
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[edit] 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 *sulwōnan, *sulwijanan, *saulijanan (“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”).

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soil (third-person singular simple present soils, present participle soiling, simple past and past participle soiled)

  1. To make dirty.
  2. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
  3. To make invalid, to ruin.
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to make dirty
to defecate into one's clothing — see soil oneself
to make invalid, to ruin

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soil (plural soils)

  1. (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
  2. (countable) In medical terms, a bag containing soiled items.
faeces or urine etc.
bag containing soiled items
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  • (faeces or urine etc.): dirt

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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”).

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soil (plural soils)

  1. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

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soil

  1. bald

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Old French, perhaps from Latin solium (“seat”), by association with solum (“ground”).

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soil

  1. rice
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