Soil
noun
- 1.
- (A soiled spot, excrement, sewage, etc) ស្នាមប្រឡាក់
Example: Soil one's hands, To soil a reputation. - 2.
- (The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, ground as territory land; country) ពសុធា, ផែនដី, បណ្ដាជនលើផែនដី
Example: The soil in our garden is black and rich.fertile soil ដី, foreign soil ប្រទេស
Example: Heavy soil. - 3.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ទឹកដី, ប្រទេស
verb — past tense: soiled ; past participle: soiled ; present participle: soiling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to make or become dirty, to bring disgrace upon) soil one's clothes ធ្វើអោយប្រឡាក់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
- 3.
- Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
- 4.
- That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
verb — past tense: soiled ; past participle: soiled ; present participle: soiling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- 3.
- To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
- 4.
- To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
- 1.
- dirt, earth, ground, land, loam
- 2.
- befoul, blemish, spot, stain sully, tarnish
- 1.
- clean, cleanse
- 1.
- Land, country