Synonyms of the word

soil

• n. (uncountable) A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth.
• n. (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that…
• n. (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected…
• n. Country or territory.
• n. That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
• n. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract…
• n. Dung; compost; manure.
• v. (transitive) To make dirty.
• v. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
• v. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
• v. To make invalid, to ruin.
• v. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
• n. (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
• n. (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
• n. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
• v. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them,…

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

begrime

• v. (transitive) To make something dirty; to soil.

bemire

• v. To soil (or be soiled) with mud.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

colly

• adj. (Britain, dialect) black as coal.
• v. (transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal.
• n. (Britain, dialect) Soot.
• n. (Britain, dialect) A blackbird.
• n. (dated) Alternative spelling of collie.

dirt

• n. Soil or earth.
• n. A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
• n. Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person; gossip.
• n. (figuratively) Meanness; sordidness.
• n. (mining) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
• v. (transitive, rare) To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty.

dirtiness

• n. The state or quality of being dirty.

dirty

• adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
• adj. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
• adj. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
• adj. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
• adj. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
• adj. Out of tune.
• adj. Of color, discolored by impurities.
• adj. (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
• adj. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
• adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
• adj. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
• adv. In a dirty manner.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
• v. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
• v. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become soiled.

earth

• p.n. Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.
• n. (uncountable) Soil.
• n. (uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
• n. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
• n. (Britain) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in…
• n. A fox's home or lair.
• n. The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
• n. (alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
• n. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements.
• n. (Taoism) One of the five basic elements.
• v. (Britain) To connect electrically to the earth.
• v. To bury.
• v. (transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
• v. To burrow.

filth

• n. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
• n. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
• n. (Britain, pejorative, slang, with definite article) The police.
• n. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.

grease

• n. Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
• n. (extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
• n. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
• n. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
• v. (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
• v. (transitive, informal) To bribe.
• v. (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
• v. (transitive, slang) To kill, murder.
• v. (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
• v. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

grime

• n. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
• n. (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development…
• v. To begrime; to cake with dirt.

ground

• n. (uncountable) The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
• n. (uncountable) Terrain.
• n. (uncountable) Soil, earth.
• n. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
• n. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
• n. Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
• n. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
• n. The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
• n. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
• n. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
• n. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from…
• n. (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings…
• n. (countable) A soccer stadium.
• n. (electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
• n. (electricity, Canada and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
• n. (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena…
• n. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually…
• n. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
• n. The pit of a theatre.
• v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
• v. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give…
• v. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
• v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
• v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular))…
• v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease…
• v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
• v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
• v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with…
• v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of grind.
• adj. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
• adj. Processed by grinding.

grunge

• n. (informal) Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.
• n. (informal) The state of being filthy; grubbiness.
• n. (music) A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal.

land

• n. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
• n. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings…
• n. A country or region.
• n. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
• n. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
• n. A general country, state, or territory.
• n. (often in combination) realm, domain.
• n. (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is…
• n. (Ireland, colloquial) A fright.
• n. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
• n. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
• n. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
• n. (obsolete) The ground or floor.
• n. (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called…
• n. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is…
• v. (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
• v. (dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
• v. (intransitive) To come into rest.
• v. (intransitive) To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
• v. (transitive) To bring to land.
• v. (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
• v. (transitive) To deliver.
• adj. Of or relating to land.
• adj. Residing or growing on land.
• n. lant; urine.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

object

• n. A thing that has physical existence.
• n. Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
• n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase.…
• n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
• n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
• n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists…
• n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
• v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach;…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

stain

• n. A discoloured spot or area.
• n. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
• n. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
• n. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
• v. To discolour something.
• v. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation.
• v. To coat a surface with a stain.
• v. (cytology) To treat a microscope specimen with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features.
• v. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

territory

• n. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
• n. (Canada) One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers…
• n. A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose…
• n. (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
• n. (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
• n. A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
• n. A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
• n. A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner…
• n. An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.

uncleanness

• n. (uncountable) The state of being unclean.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being unclean.