soil
♦ soil /s'ɔɪl/ (soils soiling soiled)
1 [N-MASS]
Soil is the substance on the surface of the earth in which plants grow.
We have the most fertile soil in Europe.
...regions with sandy soils.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] with supp
You can use soil in expressions like British soil to refer to a country's territory.
The issue of foreign troops on Turkish soil is a sensitive one.
= territory
3 [VERB] V n, V n
If you soil something, you make it dirty. (FORMAL)
Young people don't want to do things that soil their hands...
He raised his eyes slightly as though her words might somehow soil him.
= dirty
● soiled [ADJ]
...a soiled white apron.
= dirty
1 [N-MASS]
Soil is the substance on the surface of the earth in which plants grow.
We have the most fertile soil in Europe.
...regions with sandy soils.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] with supp
You can use soil in expressions like British soil to refer to a country's territory.
The issue of foreign troops on Turkish soil is a sensitive one.
= territory
3 [VERB] V n, V n
If you soil something, you make it dirty. (FORMAL)
Young people don't want to do things that soil their hands...
He raised his eyes slightly as though her words might somehow soil him.
= dirty
● soiled [ADJ]
...a soiled white apron.
= dirty