Meaning of "soil"

soil •

n.
• • 1. earth, land: lupa
  • 2. spot, stain, dirt: batik, mantsa, bahid, dumi

v.
• • 1. to become dirty: dumumi, marumihan, maputikan, magkaputik
  • 2. to make dirty: magdumi, dumihan, dumhan, magputik, putikan
  • 3. to disgrace: dumungis, magparungis, dungisan, magbatik, batikan
  • 4. to be disgraced: madungisan, mabatikan

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stain

n.
• • 1. soil, spot: mantsa, mantsa, dumi, batik, bahid
  • 2. a moral blemish: batik, dungis, bahid

v.
• • 1. to soil, tarnish: magmantsa, magmantsa, mantsahan, mamantsahan
  • 2. to disgrace, dishonor: dumungis, dungisan, madungisan, bumatik, batikan, mabatikan, manirang-puri, siraan ng puri, sirain ang puri
  • 3. to color: magkulay, kulayan, makulayan

root

n.
• • 1. the part of a plant that grows in the soil: ugat
  • 2. a cause, source: pinanggalingan, pinanggagalingan, simula, sanhi, dahilan
  • 3. the word from which others are derived: salitang-ugat

v.
• • 1. to become fixed in the ground, send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat
  • 2. to pull, tear, or dig up or out by the roots: bumunot, bunutin
  • 3. to get completely rid of: lumipol, lipulin
  • 4. to cheer (slang): kumantiyaw, mangantiyaw, kantiyawan
  • 5. to take root means (a) to send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat (b) to become firmly fixed: pumirme, mamirme, lumagi, mamalagi

earth

n.
• • 1. the world: mundo, daigdig, lupa, sangkalupaan
  • 2. soil: lupa

manure

n.
• • any substance put in or on the soil to make it rich, fertilizer: pataba, abono

v.
• • to put manure or fertilizer in or on soil, plants, etc.: magpataba, pabrikante

thumb

n.
• • the short, thick finger: hinlalaki

v.
• • 1. to soil or wear by handling with thumbs: dumihan ng mga daliri
  • 2. under the thumb of, under the power or influence of: nasa ilalim ng kapangyarihan

ground

n.
• • 1. the surface of the earth, soil: lupa
  • 2. basis, reason, foundation for what is said or done: batayan, saligan, katwiran, dahilan

v.
• • to break ground to dig, plow: magbungkal ng lupa, bungkalin ang lupa, mag-araro, araruhin

landslide

n.
• • 1. a sliding down of a mass of soil or rock on a steep slope: guho ng lupa
  • 2. an overwhelming majority of votes for one political party or candidate: napakalaking kalamangan

clay

n.
• • sticky earth which hardens when it is baked: luad, luwad clean

adj.
• • 1. without dirt: malinis
  • 2. pure: dalisay
  • 3. without moral fault: malinis

v.
• • 1. to free from dirt, soil or impurities: maglinis
  • 2. to become

dirty

adj.
• • 1. not clean: marumi, marungis
  • 2. soiled by mud: maputik, naputikan
  • 3. dusty: maalikabok, maalabok, magabok
  • 4. not clean or pure in language or action: salaula, masagwa, mahalay, malaswa

v.
• • 1. to make dirty, to soil: magdumi, dumihan, parumihin
  • 2. to become dirty: madumihan, marungisan, masalaula

dirt

n.
• • 1. anything that soils skin, clothing, etc.: dumi
  • 2. dirt on the face: amos, dusing, dungis
  • 3. dirt on the body: libag, banil
  • 4. loose earth or soil: lupa
  • 5. mud: putik

fertilizer

n.
• • manure or any substance spread over the soil to make it richer in plant foods: abono, pataba, pampataba

land

n.
• • 1. ground, soil: lupa
  • 2. a country and its people: bansa, bayan, lupa, lupang-tinubuan, inang-bayan

v.
• • 1. to come to earth: bumaba, lumapag
  • 2. to go on shore from a ship or boat: bumaba, lumunsad, umahon
  • 3. to put on shore from a ship or boat: maglunsad, ilunsad, magdiskarga, idiskarga, magbaba, ibaba
  • 4. to arrive: humantong, mahantong, ihantong, bumagsak, ibagsak

conserve

v.
• • 1. to preserve from being used up, as forests and soil: mag-alaga, mangalaga, pangalagaan, alagaan
  • 2. to preserve fruits, etc.: mag-imbak, imbakin

dikdik

v.
• • magdikdik, dikdikin (mag-:in) to pulverize. Magdikdik ka ng lupa. Pulverize the soil.

lupa

n.
• • earth soil, land, earth, ground, ground floor, downstairs

kahig

n.
• • scratching off a loose surface, as soil scratched off by chickens kumahig, kahigin (-um- :in)

v.
• • Kumahin ng lupa ang manok. The chicken scratched the ground. Kahigin mo ang mga dahong nahulog sa lupa. Rake the leaves off the ground.

tabon

v.
• • matabunan (ma-:-an) to be covered with. Natabunan siya ng buhangin. He was covered with sand. magtabon, itabon, tabunan (mag-:i-:-an) to cover with earth or soil. Tabunan mo ng lupa ang siga. Cover the bonfire with soil.

suyod

n.
• • lice comb, fine toothed comb, farmer's harrow

v.
• • magsuyod, suyurin (mag-:-in) to comb one's hair with a fine nit comb, to catch lice, to harrow the soil, to make an intensive search in a place. Magsuyod ka at baka may kuto ka. Comb your hair with a fine tooth comb because you might have lice.

simot

adj.
• • picked up to the last grain or piece (from floor, soil, dish or container) entirely consumed, taken, or used simutin (-in)

v.
• • to scrape up. Sinimot niya ang natirang kanin sa pinggan. He scraped up all of the rice left on the plate.

asarol

n.
• • a large hoe

v.
• • mag-asarol, asarolin (mag-:-in) to use a hoe, to till the soil. Asarolin natin ang halaman. Let's hoe the garden.

tambak

n.
• • a heap, a pile, filler (soil) magtambak, itambak (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to pile, to dump into, to fill up with rubbish, earth or stones. Itambak mo ang mga basura sa isang tabi. Pile the garbage in one corner.

tigang

adj.
• • extremely dry (soil)

bunkal

v.
• • bungkal, magbungkal, bungkalin (mag-:-in) to till the soil, to dig out