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soiled - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'soiled' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Soiled [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Soil

Meaning of 'soiled' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . soiled [ a]
Meaning (1):
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Example in sentence:
  • a child in dirty overalls;
  • Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves;
  • dirty slums;
  • dirty unswept sidewalks;
  • mining is a dirty job;
  • piles of dirty dishes;
  • put his dirty feet on the clean sheet;
  • wore an unclean shirt

Nearby Words:

soi-disant soil soiliness soiling soilless soilure soily soiree

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