soiled
adjective
[ sɔɪld ]
• dirty; stained.
• "a soiled T-shirt"
soil
verb
• make dirty.
• "he might soil his expensive suit"
Similar:
dirty,
get/make dirty,
get/make filthy,
blacken,
grime,
begrime,
stain,
muddy,
splash,
spot,
spatter,
splatter,
smear,
smudge,
sully,
spoil,
defile,
pollute,
contaminate,
foul,
befoul,
make mucky,
muck up,
Opposite:
keep clean,
clean,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French soiller, based on Latin sucula, diminutive of sus ‘pig’. The earliest use of the noun (late Middle English) was ‘muddy wallow for wild boar’; current noun senses date from the early 16th century.
soil
verb
• feed (cattle) on fresh-cut green fodder (originally for the purpose of purging them).
Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from soil2.
