Soiling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of making dirty.
"An important task for any detergent is to remove visible soilings."
- 2 the act of soiling something wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of soil form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."