Soiling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of making dirty.

    "An important task for any detergent is to remove visible soilings."

  2. 2
    the act of soiling something wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of soil form-of, gerund, participle, present

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abominationcorruptiondirtyinginfectionpollutionsoilure

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"There was once a girl who trod on a loaf to avoid soiling her shoes, and the misfortunes that happened to her in consequence are well known."

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