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Meanings of soiling in anglès

portuguès
contaminação
català
sollament

The act of soiling something.

sollament
Usage of soiling in anglès
1
It exists everywhere in legions; crowding, soiling everything, like flies in summer.
Essays of Schopenhauer
2
He never runs for office-he leaves that risky, soiling task to underlings.
The new yorker
3
Wounded in three places, blood was soiling his linen and his clothes.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
4
Not just because, of fingerprints now, but from fear of soiling himself.
Public secrets
5
Small ones, you think, but we will depend almost entirely upon soiling.
The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
6
I don't think it's worth while soiling a clean piece of rope.
Over the Pass
7
Or is that how your mother is, soiling herself in a diaper?
Nano
8
Her face was contorted in agony, dark blood stains soiling her dress.
House of Bathory
9
The method of supplying the fowls with green food is entirely by soiling.
The Dollar Hen
10
Egyptian clover in all its varieties is pre-eminently a soiling plant.
Clovers and How to Grow Them
11
But the period is short during which it furnishes soiling food.
Clovers and How to Grow Them
12
Children have irregular bowel motions, colicky abdominal pain, and frequent soiling.
Pubmed
13
The laundry was separated in piles according to colour and soiling.
The Irish Times
14
Kale is one of the very best crops for soiling purposes.
The Dollar Hen
15
It struck Miss Starr on the back, soiling her pretty dress.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
16
Only the fortunate few can make money without soiling their hands.
Poor Man's Rock
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Translations for soiling
portuguès
contaminação
Soiling through the time
Soiling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common