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soiling

verb

Meaning

  • To make dirty.

  • To become dirty or soiled.

    "Light colours soil sooner than dark ones."

  • To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

  • To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.

  • To make invalid, to ruin.

  • To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.

Synonyms

besmirch,
dirty,
smirch

verb

Meaning

  • 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 (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.

    "to soil a horse"

noun

Meaning

  • An act of making dirty.