1. soil - Noun
2. soil - Verb
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.
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.
Land; country.
Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
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.
To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings. Anton Chekhov
The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick
One clean sheet will not soil another. American Proverb
On which soil we stand on, that is where we carry the weight of the sky. Malay Proverb
Black soil produces white bread. Norwegian Proverb