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taken soil

taken soil is the past participle of take soil.

Meaning of take soil

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...

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What is taken soil the past participle of?
Taken soil is the past participle of take soil.

Words near taken soil in the dictionary

  1. taken shipping
  2. taken short
  3. taken sides
  4. taken silk
  5. taken slave
  6. taken soil
  7. taken some beating
  8. taken some doing
  9. taken someone at their word
  10. taken someone down the garden path
  11. taken someone for all they've got

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