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taking soil

taking soil is the present participle and gerund 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 taking soil the present participle and gerund of?
Taking soil is the present participle and gerund of take soil.

Words near taking soil in the dictionary

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

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