present participle of soil

An act of making dirty.

plural of soiling

(uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.

(transitive) To make dirty. / (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled. / (transitive, figuratively) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

(uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. / (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.

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

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.

simple past tense and past participle of soil

dirty