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take soil

take soil verb: to run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.

Verb

take soil (third-person singular simple present takes soil, present participle taking soil, simple past took soil, past participle taken soil)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.
    • O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631...
    • […] finding that he could not shake off the hounds, turned to the left towards the Saltwater River, and rushing down a precipitous and stony approach to the river, he instantly took soil in very deep water, with the pack clustering round him.1891, Robert Weir, James Moray Brown, Riding, page 192

Forms of take soil

third-person singular presenttakes soil
present participletaking soil
pasttook soil
past participletaken soil

Questions about take soil

What does take soil mean?
Take soil means to run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.
What part of speech is take soil?
Take soil is a verb.
What is the past tense of take soil?
The past tense of take soil is took soil.

Words near take soil in the dictionary

  1. take sign
  2. take signs
  3. take silk
  4. take sitting down
  5. take slave
  6. take soil
  7. take some air
  8. take some beating
  9. take some doing
  10. take someone at their word
  11. take someone down the garden path

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