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soiled

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soil 1  (soil)
n.
1. The top layer of the earth's surface, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with organic matter.
2. A particular kind of earth or ground: sandy soil.
3. Country; land: native soil.
4. The agricultural life: a man of the soil.
5. A place or condition favorable to growth; a breeding ground.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, a piece of ground (influenced in meaning by Latin solum, soil), from Latin solium, seat; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

soil 2  (soil)
v. soiled, soil·ing, soils
v.tr.
1. To make dirty, particularly on the surface.
2. To disgrace; tarnish: a reputation soiled by scandal.
3. To corrupt; defile.
4. To dirty with excrement.
v.intr.
To become dirty, stained, or tarnished.
n.
1.
a. The state of being soiled.
b. A stain.
2. Filth, sewage, or refuse.
3. Manure, especially human excrement, used as fertilizer.

[Middle English soilen, from Old French souiller, from Vulgar Latin *suculre (from Late Latin suculus, diminutive of Latin ss, pig; see s- in Indo-European roots) or from souil, pigsty, wallow (from Latin solium, seat; see soil1).]

soil 3  (soil)
tr.v. soiled, soil·ing, soils
1. To feed (livestock) with soilage.
2. To purge (livestock) by feeding with green food.

[Origin unknown.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.soiledsoiled - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
Translations
soiled [sɔɪld] ADJ (= dirty) → sucio; (= stained) → manchado
soiled
adjschmutzig, verschmutzt; goodsverschmutzt; sanitary towelgebraucht; soiled linenSchmutzwäsche f
soiled [sɔɪld] adjsporco/a, sudicio/a
soiled [sɔɪld] adjsporco/a, sudicio/a


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The little body lay upon one side, with one soiled cheek upon one soiled hand, the other hand tucked away among the rags to make it warm, the other cheek washed clean and white at last, as for a kiss from one of God's great angels.
Still, I have seen ships issue from certain docks like half-dead prisoners from a dungeon, bedraggled, overcome, wholly disguised in dirt, and with their men rolling white eyeballs in black and worried faces raised to a heaven which, in its smoky and soiled aspect, seemed to reflect the sordidness of the earth below.
Boris Drubetskoy, brushing his knees with his hand (he had probably soiled them when he, too, had knelt before the icon), came up to him smiling.
 
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