soiling

verb

Meaning

To make dirty.
To become dirty or soiled.
To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
To make invalid, to ruin.
To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
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 purge by feeding on green food.
An act of making dirty.

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