soil
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(noun) the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock |
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Synonyms: dirt |
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Related Words: Indian red, alluvial soil, bog soil, bole, boulder clay, caliche, clay, clunch, desert soil, desertic soil, dust, earth, fuller's earth, gilgai soil, ground, gumbo, gumbo soil, hardpan, humus, indurated clay, laterite, loam, loess, marl, mold, mould, mud, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, subsoil, surface soil, till, topsoil, tundra soil, undersoil, wiesenboden |
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(verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
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Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime |
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Related Words: alter, blemish, change, contaminate, crock, foul, mire, muck, muck up, mud, muddy, muddy up, pollute, slime, smear, splash, spot |
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(noun) what plants grow in (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" |
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Synonyms: ground, land |
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Related Words: badlands, bottom, bottomland, coastland, cultivated land, greensward, object, overburden, permafrost, physical object, rangeland, sod, sward, tillage, tilled land, tilth, turf, wetland |
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(noun) the state of being covered with unclean things |
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Synonyms: dirt, filth, grease, grime, stain |
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Related Words: dirtiness, uncleanness |
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