SOILS
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Definition
noun
- A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- 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.
- 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.
- Country or territory.“Kenyan soil”
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
noun
- Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A bag containing soiled items.
verb
- To make dirty.
- To become dirty or soiled.“Light colours soil sooner than dark ones.”
- To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
noun
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
verb
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, 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.“to soil a horse”
Source: Wiktionary
