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   Soil

   /soil/

   

   verb

   • 1. make dirty: "he might soil his expensive suit" Similar dirtyget/make dirtyget/make filthyblackengrimebegrimestainmuddysplashspotspattersplattersmearsmudgesullyspoildefilepollutecontaminatefoulbefoulinformal:make muckymuck upOpposite keep cleanclean
   • ▪ (especially of a child, patient, or pet) make (something) dirty by defecating in or on it.
   • ▪ bring discredit to; tarnish: "what good is there in soiling your daughter's reputation?" Similar damagesullyinjurestainblackentarnishtaintbesmirchblemishdefileblotsmearbring discredit todishonordrag through the mud

   noun

   • 1. waste matter, especially sewage containing excrement.
   • ▪ a stain or discoloring mark.

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French soiller, based on Latin sucula, diminutive of sus ‘pig’. The earliest use of the noun (late Middle English) was ‘muddy wallow for wild boar’; current noun senses date from the early 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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