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单词 soiled
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soil

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verb (1)

ˈsȯi(-ə)l How to pronounce soil (audio)
soiled; soiling; soils

transitive verb

1
: to stain or defile morally : corrupt
2
: to make unclean especially superficially : dirty
3
: to blacken or taint (something, such as a person's reputation) by word or deed

intransitive verb

: to become soiled or dirty

soil

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noun (1)

1
a
: soilage, stain
protect a dress from soil
b
: moral defilement : corruption
2
: something that spoils or pollutes: such as
a
: refuse
b
: sewage
c
: dung, excrement

soil

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noun (2)

1
: firm land : earth
2
a
: the upper layer of earth that may be dug or plowed and in which plants grow
b
: the superficial unconsolidated and usually weathered part of the mantle of a planet and especially of the earth
3
: country, land
our native soil
4
: the agricultural life or calling
5
: a medium in which something takes hold and develops

soil

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verb (2)

soiled; soiling; soils

transitive verb

: to feed (livestock) in the barn or an enclosure with fresh grass or green food
also : to purge (livestock) by feeding on green food

Synonyms

Verb (1)

  • befoul
  • begrime
  • bemire
  • besmirch
  • blacken
  • daub
  • dirty
  • distain [archaic]
  • foul
  • gaum [dialect]
  • grime
  • mire
  • muck
  • muddy
  • smirch
  • smudge
  • stain
  • sully

Noun (1)

  • crud
  • dirt
  • filth
  • grime
  • gunk
  • muck
  • smut

Noun (2)

  • clod
  • dirt
  • earth
  • ground
  • mold
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Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English, from Anglo-French soiller, suiller, from Old French soil wallow of a wild boar, abyss, from Latin solium chair, bathtub; akin to Latin sedēre to sit — more at sit

Noun (2)

Middle English, from Anglo-French, soil, piece of land, from Vulgar Latin *solium, alteration of Latin solea sole, sandal, foundation timber — more at sole

Verb (2)

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (1)

1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1605, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

soil 1 of 2

verb

ˈsȯil How to pronounce soil (audio)
soiled; soiling
: to make or become dirty
I soiled my shirt while cooking.

soil

2 of 2

noun

1
: the loose surface material of the earth in which plants grow
2
: country sense 1, land
my native soil

soiled 1 of 2

adjective

as in stained
not clean a soiled carpet in need of a good shampooing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stained
  • filthy
  • blackened
  • dusty
  • dirty
  • muddy
  • black
  • sullied
  • smudged
  • grubby
  • befouled
  • dingy
  • grimy
  • besmirched
  • bedraggled
  • begrimed
  • unclean
  • mucky
  • nasty
  • polluted
  • draggled
  • greasy
  • messy
  • sordid
  • uncleanly
  • cruddy
  • grungy
  • grotty
  • smutty
  • foul
  • littered
  • contaminated
  • messed
  • defiled
  • sloppy
  • tainted
  • unwashed
  • impure
  • bemired
  • rumpled
  • uncleaned
  • unsanitary
  • confused
  • chaotic
  • disheveled
  • mussed
  • insanitary
  • mussy
  • unsterilized
  • germy
  • unsterile
  • unkempt
  • disordered
  • cluttered
  • slovenly
  • untidy
  • disarrayed
  • disarranged
  • scruffy
  • shabby
  • squalid
  • jumbled
  • gunky
  • sooty
  • muddled
  • skanky
  • dishevelled
  • raunchy
  • scuzzy
  • sleazy
  • crocked
  • fuliginous
  • collied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unsoiled
  • clean
  • spotless
  • unstained
  • immaculate
  • cleaned
  • stainless
  • unsullied
  • pure
  • cleanly
  • clear
  • ultraclean
  • limpid
  • bleached
  • cleansed
  • groomed
  • orderly
  • ordered
  • tidy
  • whitened
  • combed
  • neat
  • spic-and-span
  • spick-and-span
  • purified
  • untouched
  • shiny
  • sparkling
  • unspotted
  • perfect
  • bright
  • unblemished
  • untainted
  • wholesome
  • unpolluted
  • flawless
  • virgin
  • undefiled
  • taintless
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soiled

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verb

past tense of soil
as in dirtied
to make dirty oil and grease soiled the mechanic's shirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stained
  • dirtied
  • blackened
  • sullied
  • smudged
  • grimed
  • besmirched
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • muddied
  • smirched
  • polluted
  • mucked
  • contaminated
  • messed
  • daubed
  • mired
  • tainted
  • fouled
  • defiled
  • discolored
  • distained
  • bemired
  • disheveled
  • gaumed
  • disordered
  • draggled
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • jumbled
  • dishevelled
  • muddled
  • confused
  • crocked
  • collied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • purified
  • disinfected
  • washed
  • decontaminated
  • purged
  • wiped
  • sanitized
  • swept
  • scrubbed
  • brushed
  • laundered
  • rinsed
  • dusted
  • mopped
  • scoured
  • deodorized
  • renewed
  • brightened
  • freshened
  • dry-cleaned
  • spruced (up)
  • straightened (up)
  • tidied (up)
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