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desoil

desoil verb: to remove the soil from.

Verb

desoil (third-person singular simple present desoils, present participle desoiling, simple past and past participle desoiled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the soil from.

Forms of desoil

third-person singular presentdesoils
present participledesoiling
past participledesoiled
pastdesoiled

Origin of desoil

From de- + soil.

Questions about desoil

What does desoil mean?
Desoil means to remove the soil from.
What part of speech is desoil?
Desoil is a verb.
What is the past tense of desoil?
The past tense of desoil is desoiled.

Words near desoil in the dictionary

  1. desocializes
  2. desocializing
  3. desodiation
  4. desodiations
  5. desogestrel
  6. desoil
  7. desoiled
  8. desoiling
  9. desoils
  10. DeSola
  11. desolate

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