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takes soil

takes soil is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 takes soil the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes soil is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take soil.

Words near takes soil in the dictionary

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

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