soil

IPA: sˈɔɪɫ

(uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
Country or territory.
That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
Dung; compost; manure.
(uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
(countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.

(transitive) To make dirty.
(intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
(transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
(reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
To make invalid, to ruin.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.

Examples of "soil" in Sentences

The soil is tilled to soften the ground.
The spores land on the soil and germinate.
The soil becomes partly marshy in the lower grounds.
Duplex soils are categorized based on the color of the sub soil.
If the soil is dry, add enough water to lightly moisten the soil.
The land in the sense of soil is masculine in the Egyptian language.
Soil erosion has increased on the land and sedimentation in the harbour.
The pore space of the soil is essential for the soil to become productive.
Together they stabilize soil aggregates, building a better soil habitat, improving soil structure, tilth and productivity.
They include improving soil microbiology, increase soil organic matter, build soil tilth and structure, increase earth worm population and so on.