Soil is the dirt between our fingers as we garden or farm, from which all living things come and to which, as the poets never tire of reminding us, all life eventually returns. Such a big meaning for such a little word.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food;
Noun
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
Noun
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
Noun
the state of being covered with unclean things
Noun
the part of the earth''s surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
Verb
make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don''t soil your clothes when you play outside!"
v. t.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure,
with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them
out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to
purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.
n.
The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound
substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly
adapted to support and nourish them.
n.
Land; country.
n.
Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
v. t.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
n.
A 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.
n.
To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty;
to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
n.
To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to
sully.
v. i.
To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark
ones.
n.
That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
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Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil?3.
Improve land by dung and other sort of soils.
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Men . . . soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop.
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As deer, being stuck, fly through many soils, Yet still the shaft sticks fast.
O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.
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Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.2.
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A lady's honor . . . will not bear a soil.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food;
The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
A 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.
To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile;
To become soiled;
That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Usage Examples
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones.
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine.
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.
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Other Usage ExamplesMr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.
Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge, enabling us to learn ever more and more about the nature of living bodies and the soil.
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.
My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.
People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely.
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.
But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That's why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer.
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