| obsolete |
| 1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). | |
| It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete. | |
| 2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete. | |
| This software component has been obsoleted. | |
| We are in the process of obsoleting this product. | |
| soiled |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of soil | |
| 2. adj. dirty | |
| soil |
| 1. n. A mixture of sand and organic material, used to support plant growth. | |
| 2. n. The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. | |
| 3. n. The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature | |
| 4. n. Country or territory. | |
| The refugees returned to their native soil. | |
| Kenyan soil | |
| 5. n. That which soils or pollutes; a stain. | |
| 6. n. A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer. | |
| 7. n. Dung; compost; manure. | |
| night soil | |
| 8. v. To make dirty. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled. | |
| Light colours soil sooner than dark ones. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. | |
| 11. v. (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed. | |
| 12. v. To make invalid, to ruin. | |
| 13. v. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. | |
| 14. n. (euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. | |
| 15. n. (medicine) A bag containing soiled items. | |
| 16. n. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted. | |
| 17. v. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to | |
| to soil a horse | |
| dirty |
| 1. adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. | |
| Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty. | |
| 2. adj. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting. | |
| Don't put that in your mouth, dear. It's dirty. | |
| 3. adj. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually. | |
| At the reception, Uncle Nick got drunk and told dirty jokes to the bridesmaids. | |
| 4. adj. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules. | |
| He might have scored, but it was a dirty trick that won him the penalty. | |
| 5. adj. Corrupt, illegal, or improper. | |
| I won't accept your dirty money! | |
| 6. adj. Out of tune. | |
| You need to tune that guitar: the G string sounds dirty. | |
| 7. adj. Of color, discolored by impurities. | |
| The old flag was a dirty white. | |
| 8. adj. (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk. | |
| Occasionally it reads the sector into a dirty buffer, which means it needs to sync the dirty buffer first. | |
| 9. adj. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream. | |
| None of y'all get into my car if you're dirty. | |
| 10. adj. (informal) (Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".) | |
| He lives in a dirty great mansion. | |
| 11. adj. Sleety; gusty; stormy. | |
| dirty weather | |
| 12. adv. In a dirty manner. | |
| to play dirty | |
| 13. v. To make (something) dirty. | |
| 14. v. To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor. | |
| 15. v. To debase by distorting the real nature of (something). | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To become soiled. | |
