soil :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

n. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

stain, dirt, filth, grime, grease

n. the state of being covered with unclean things

grime, dirty, begrime, colly, bemire, make filthy, make dirty, make soiled

v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

grit, gritrock, gritstone

n. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

gravel, crushed rock

n. rock fragments and pebbles

lampblack, soot, carbon black

n. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

residue

n. matter that remains after something has been removed

scum

n. a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

stretch

n. a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"

garbage, refuse, scraps, food waste

n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

smear, smirch, slander, defame, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch, charge falsely

v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

smear, smudge, blur, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

black, blacken, melanize, nigrify, become black, make black

v. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

bedraggle

v. make wet and dirty, as from rain

clean, make clean

v. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

wash, launder

v. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

purge, rid of impurities

v. rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"

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