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soil English

Meaning soil meaning

What does soil mean?
Definitions in simple English

soil Noun

— A mix of sand and other natural material on the surface of the earth that is used to grow plants. — or land. The refugees were happy to return to their home soil.

soil Verb

— To make dirty or ruin. Look at that! You soiled your shirt with mud!

soil

— noun (= dirt) the state of being covered with unclean things — noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock — noun (= land) material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) the land had never been plowed good agricultural soil — verb (= dirty) make soiled, filthy, or dirty don't soil your clothes when you play outside! — noun the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state American troops were stationed on Japanese soil

Synonyms soil synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as soil?

soil English » English

earth ground land dirt dirty stain make dirty sully defile clay sand mud dust pollute foul grime get dirty smudge tarnish smirch loam filth blot territory contaminate besmirch befoul smear muddy field begrime world taint splotch mould country besmear bedraggle bedaub tract terrain substratum spot spoil sandy moil mire mess up make a mess maculate

Topics soil topics

What do people use soil to talk about?
Universe, creation World Substance, matter

Soil, dirt
Work and occupation Agriculture Land preparation

Plow a field
Work and occupation Agriculture Harvest

Crop failure

Conjugation soil conjugation

How do you conjugate soil?

soil · verb

Examples soil examples

How do I use soil in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Plants take in water from the soil.
It isn't suitable soil for this kind of plants.
The air is soft, the soil moist.
Does the soil suit vegetables?
The soil retained richness.
Nothing seems to grow in this soil.
Fertile soil is indispensable for a good harvest.
That soil is rich in humus.
Acid soil is neutralised by ash.
When rain's fallen and the soil is moist, it becomes easier to pull out weeds.
The rain washed away the soil.
She renewed the soil in the flower pot.
This soil is moist.
The air is soft, and the soil is moist.
The reddish appearance of Mars is believed to be caused by an iron-rich soil.
The soil here is fertile.
Fertile soil is indispensable for agriculture.
She put new soil in the flower pot.
He watered the soil.
It was a very hungry soil.
It's a very rocky soil, isn't it?
Plants don't grow in this soil.
What is the soil food web?

Movie subtitles

All the good and evil deeds alike that humans draw while above ground will. never disappear throughout their lives. What you are doing now to the soil to try and make it disappear right away.
She hoped to replant in good soil the seed that had fallen among thorns. And she may well have succeeded had it not been for.
Brave Lepik, our third young eagle, lays at rest amongst many others - in the soil of the homeland liberated with his own blood.
They dig soil in search of vaults, want to steal our Ukrainian treasures.
But mind! Do not dig the soil without me.
More than one mother cried for her son both on the German and Ukrainian soil.
For 75 years he has plowed the soil with oxen.
Then he must have brought his native soil with him, boxes of it.
Knowing a vampire must rest by day in his native soil, I am convinced that this Dracula is no legend. but an undead creature whose life has been unnaturally prolonged.
Then he must have brought some of his native soil with him.
One the wall is up, they have to look for fertile soil in the hills.
A thin layer of fertile soil now covers the plots.
The first year sees an abundant harvest, but then the soil is exhausted.
YOUR EXCELLENCY, GENERAL COOPER SAYS. THAT THE SYLVANIAN TROOPS ARE ABOUT TO LAND ON FREEDONIAN SOIL.
But we won't here, son, not on Muslim soil.
And knowing that a vampire must rest by day in his native soil, I am convinced that this Dracula is no legend but an undead creature whose life has been unnaturally prolonged.
You're Excellency, General Cooper says that the Sylvanian troops are about to land on Freedonia's soil.
I am an ambassador on foreign soil.
All I'll say is, I wouldn't soil my hands with it. even though they're the hands of a thief and a pirate.
There'll be a box of earth somewhere near at hand, Jeffrey, a box of its own native soil to which the vampire must return at the end of each night.
I hope to attract our disbanded soldiers to the hidden wealth of our mountain ranges. and to the wealth that lies in the soil itself.
Over 200 acres here of rich, fine soil.
And that freedom is the deed and title to the soil on which we exist.
I'd like to discuss some matters arising from your presence on French soil.
A person has rights to discover mistakes to grow and bloom in her own soil.
The lowermost climate exists in the greenhouse-sticky rain forests, the air and soil steam due to moisture.
What you are doing now to the soil to try and make it disappear right away.
The first year sees an abundant harvest, but then the soil is exhausted. There's no nitrogen and it turns sterile.
Soil.
Soil?
We provide the farmer with new soil. forests and fields, land and bread. for Germany.
And I'm now on French soil.
I should like to discuss some matters arising from your presence on French soil.
You men, look at this picture. It shows the first time American Marines were in a fight on foreign soil.
We are dark people, out of an old soil with old blood. that moves to ancient sorceries, magic. good spirits and bad spirits.
It has an assortment of highly romantic names. the rights of man, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and such. and all those will be yours with the titles to a few acres of soil.

News and current affairs

The bureaucracies must be bypassed to get help to where it is needed: in the soil tilled by the world's poorest farm families.
After all, institutions are not hot-house plants capable of being planted in any soil and climate.
Japan remains a model ally that hosts a large US troop presence, even paying for the upkeep of American forces on its soil.
Land conversion for grazing (and construction), together with crop tillage, has also caused soil erosion at 15 times its natural rate.
Indeed, at its current pace, anthropogenic soil erosion would fill the Grand Canyon in 50 years.
India acknowledges in the document that Tibet is part of China and proscribes anti-Chinese activities by Tibetans from Indian soil.
Reforms, after all, are not hothouse plants that can be transplanted at will in any soil.
Low farm yields can be addressed through improved seed varieties specially adapted for African conditions, combined with technologies for replenishing soil and managing water.
There is no movement of the soil yet, and there will not be for some time.
Lastly, France arguably has one of the world's most favorable natural environments, with fertile soil and an exceptionally temperate climate.
It also requires that Palestinians demonstrate that they can govern responsibly and that they can put an end to terrorist violence emanating from Palestinian soil.
In the view of early-twentieth-century right-wing European nationalists, Anglo-American capitalism, controlled by Jews, undermined the sacred ties of blood and soil.
Israeli Jews are now firmly rooted in their own national soil.
So far, about 3,500 hectares have been planted with trees or put under improved soil-management practices.
This year's snowmelt caused landslides and flooding - a warning of more soil erosion and destruction of arable land to come; hundreds died and thousands lost their livelihoods.
For Stern, this was part of the cultural soil in which National Socialism flourished.
Agriculture, after all, must be viewed in the context of the wider eco-system, which also means developing improved methods for conserving resources such as soil, forests, and fisheries.
The border dispute remains unresolved, with periodic incursions by Chinese troops onto Indian soil and new irritants such as the anti-Chinese protests by Tibetan exiles who have been given asylum in India.
More recently, Cristina's foreign minister presided over the requisitioning of a US military plane on Argentinean soil.
I grew up, went to school, started a family, and raised my children on Dominican soil.
Membership of a terrorist organization, including those operating on foreign soil, training and recruiting people for terrorism, and promotion of terrorism have been made criminal offenses.

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