Definition of soils:
(n) :
(uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
(n) :
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
(n) :
(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
(n) :
Country or territory.
(n) :
That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
(v) :
(transitive) To make dirty.