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English Idioms :: soil one's hands
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soial.html - {v. phr.} To lower or hurt one's character or good name; do a bad or shameful thing. * /The teacher warned the children not to dirty their hands by cheating in the examination./ * /I would not soil my hands by going with bad people and doing bad things./ |
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English Idioms :: soil one's hands
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soial.html - {v. phr.} To lower or hurt one's character or good name; do a bad or shameful thing. * /The teacher warned the children not to dirty their hands by cheating in the examination./ * /I would not soil my hands by going with bad people and doing bad things./ |
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Traditional English :: soi-disant
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soial.html - adj.
self-styled or pretended. [F f. soi oneself + disant saying] |
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Traditional English :: soign÷
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soial.html - adj. (fem. soign÷e pronunc. same) carefully finished or arranged; well-groomed. [past part. of F soigner take care of f. soin care] |
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Traditional English :: soil(1)
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soial.html - n. 1 the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, consisting of disintegrated rock usu. with an admixture of organic remains (alluvial soil; rich soil). 2 ground belonging to a nation; territory (on British soil). soil mechanics the study of the properties of soil as affecting its use in civil engineering. soil science pedology. soilless adj. soily adj. [ME f. AF, perh. f. L solium seat, taken in sense of L solum ground] |
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Traditional English :: soil(2)
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soial.html - v. & n. --v.tr.
1 make dirty; smear or stain with dirt (soiled linen).
2 tarnish, defile; bring discredit to (would not soil my hands with it). --n. 1 a dirty mark; a stain, smear, or defilement.
2 filth; refuse matter. soil pipe the discharge-pipe of a lavatory. [ME f. OF suiller, soiller, etc., ult. f. L sucula dimin. of sus pig] |
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