soil vs sully

soil

verb
  • To become dirty or soiled. 

  • To make invalid, to ruin. 

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

  • To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. 

  • 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 dirty. 

noun
  • The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics. 

  • Country or territory. 

  • Dung; compost; manure. 

  • The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. 

  • That which soils or pollutes; a stain. 

  • A bag containing soiled items. 

  • Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. 

  • A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted. 

  • A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. 

  • 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. 

sully

verb
  • To become soiled or tarnished. 

  • To corrupt or damage. 

  • To soil or stain; to dirty. 

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