Synonyms for soil

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : soil

Phonetic Transcription : sɔɪl

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Définition of soil

Origin : early 13c., "to defile or pollute with sin," from Old French soillier "to splatter with mud, to foul or make dirty," originally "to wallow" (12c., Modern French souillier), from souil "tub, wild boar's wallow, pigsty," which is from either Latin solium "tub for bathing; seat," or Latin suculus "little pig," from sus "pig." Literal meaning "to make dirty, begrime" is attested from c.1300 in English. Related: Soiled; soiling.

noun earth, dirt
noun land where one lives
verb make dirty

Example sentences :

The people have no right to the soil in the eyes of these political economists.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

When our brethren departed, we could not tear our aged roots out of the soil.
Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I've known the answer ever since I first turned the soil of this farm.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

The soil is hard, and the crop after the expenditure of much toil is often very scanty.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

In fact, Gryphus was beginning to dig the soil with his crooked fingers.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

Could you bring me some soil from the garden, that I may judge?
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

John Delamater, while a boy, was destined to be a farmer, on the soil where he was born.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

And soil might have been taken from the bottom of this Dorchester barrow which produced them.
Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

Under foot the soil was springy with the mould of numberless autumns.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

Win who will, English blood must soak the soil of England this night.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

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