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| NOUN | 1 | soil, dirt, filth, grime, stain, grease, grunge | The state of being covered with unclean things |
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| 2 | soil, dirt | The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | |
| 3 | soil, land, ground | Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | |
| 4 | soil, territory | The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state | |
| VERB | 1 | soil, dirty, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | Make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
| Sounds | soy'l |
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| Rhymes | airfoil, boil, Boyle, and 18 more rhymes in oyl... |
| Meaning | The state of being covered with unclean things. |
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| Synonyms | dirt, filth, grime, stain, grease, grunge |
| Broader | dirtiness, uncleanness |
| Verbs | soil |
| Meaning | The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. |
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| Synonyms | dirt |
| Broader | earth, ground |
| Narrower | marl; regosol; residual soil, residual clay; topsoil, surface soil; subsoil, undersoil; alluvial soil; bog soil; clay; clunch; desert soil, desertic soil; caliche, hardpan; fuller's earth; gilgai soil; gumbo, gumbo soil; humus; indurated clay; Indian red; laterite; loam; loess; mold, mould; mud, clay; bole; podzol, podzol soil, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil; prairie soil; sand; sedimentary clay; silt; till, boulder clay; tundra soil; wiesenboden |
| Meaning | Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use). |
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| Examples | "good agricultural soil" |
| Synonyms | land, ground |
| Broader | object, physical object |
| Narrower | badlands; bottomland, bottom; coastland; cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth; overburden; permafrost; polder; rangeland; scablands; turf, sod, sward, greensward; wetland |
| Meaning | The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state. |
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| Examples | "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil" |
| Synonyms | territory |
| Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region |
| Meaning | Make soiled, filthy, or dirty. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
| Synonyms | dirty, begrime, grime, colly, bemire |
| Contrary | clean, make clean |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | foul; pollute, foul, contaminate; smear; slime; muddy, muddy up; splash; mire, muck, mud, muck up; crock; blemish, spot |
| Nouns | soiling, soilure; soil |
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