soil – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of soil

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to soil
Participle: soiled
Gerund: soiling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isoil
yousoil
he;she;itsoils
wesoil
yousoil
theysoil

Perfect

Ihave soiled
youhave soiled
he;she;ithas soiled
wehave soiled
youhave soiled
theyhave soiled

Past

Isoiled
yousoiled
he;she;itsoiled
wesoiled
yousoiled
theysoiled

Pluperfect

Ihad soiled
youhad soiled
he;she;ithad soiled
wehad soiled
youhad soiled
theyhad soiled

Future

Iwill soil
youwill soil
he;she;itwill soil
wewill soil
youwill soil
theywill soil

Future Perfect

Iwill have soiled
youwill have soiled
he;she;itwill have soiled
wewill have soiled
youwill have soiled
theywill have soiled

Subjunctive

Present

Isoil
yousoil
he;she;itsoil
wesoil
yousoil
theysoil

Perfect

Ihave soiled
youhave soiled
he;she;ithave soiled
wehave soiled
youhave soiled
theyhave soiled

Imperfect

Isoiled
yousoiled
he;she;itsoiled
wesoiled
yousoiled
theysoiled

Pluperfect

Ihad soiled
youhad soiled
he;she;ithad soiled
wehad soiled
youhad soiled
theyhad soiled

Conditional

Present

Iwould soil
youwould soil
he;she;itwould soil
wewould soil
youwould soil
theywould soil

Perfect

Iwould have soiled
youwould have soiled
he;she;itwould have soiled
wewould have soiled
youwould have soiled
theywould have soiled

Imperative

yousoil
weLet's soil
yousoil

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam soiling
youare soiling
he;she;itis soiling
weare soiling
youare soiling
theyare soiling

Perfect

Ihave been soiling
youhave been soiling
he;she;ithas been soiling
wehave been soiling
youhave been soiling
theyhave been soiling

Past

Iwas soiling
youwere soiling
he;she;itwas soiling
wewere soiling
youwere soiling
theywere soiling

Pluperfect

Ihad been soiling
youhad been soiling
he;she;ithad been soiling
wehad been soiling
youhad been soiling
theyhad been soiling

Future

Iwill be soiling
youwill be soiling
he;she;itwill be soiling
wewill be soiling
youwill be soiling
theywill be soiling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been soiling
youwill have been soiling
he;she;itwill have been soiling
wewill have been soiling
youwill have been soiling
theywill have been soiling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be soiling
youwould be soiling
he;she;itwould be soiling
wewould be soiling
youwould be soiling
theywould be soiling

Perfect

Iwould have been soiling
youwould have been soiling
he;she;itwould have been soiling
wewould have been soiling
youwould have been soiling
theywould have been soiling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'soil'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'soil'

boil, coil, foil, moil, oil, roil, sail, sool, soul, sowl,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

make dirty
blacken, dirty
To make dirty.
dirty

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English soilen, soulen, suylen (“to sully, make dirty”), partly from Old French soillier, souillier (“to soil, make dirty, wallow in mire”), from Old Frankish *saulijan, *sulwijan (“to make dirty, soil”); partly from Old English solian, sylian (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Germanic *sulwōną, *sulwijaną, *saulijaną (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old Frisian sulia (“to soil, mire”), Middle Dutch soluwen, seulewen (“to soil, besmirch”), Old High German solōn, bisulen (“to make dirty”), German suhlen (“to soil, make dirty”), Danish søle (“to make dirty, defile”), Swedish söla (“to soil, make dirty”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisauljan, “to bemire”). Compare sully. See: Old French 'soillier', Old English 'solian', Old Frisian 'sulia', German, old spelling 'suhlen', Danish 'søle', Swedish 'söla'.

Verbs referencing "soil"

Spanish asolar, Swedish söla.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] get past forty. There is no use in going further, so I begin to undress. As the chairs are all occupied, and there is nothing else to put my clothes on, I deposit them upon the ground: not without soiling my hands, for it is in the same condition as the carpets in the Capitol, and from the same cause. Having but partially undressed, I clamber on my shelf, and hold the curtain open for a few minutes [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • It was late in the evening when the weary occupants of the shanties came flocking home,—men and women, in soiled and tattered garments, surly and uncomfortable, and in no mood to look pleasantly on new-comers. The small village was alive with no inviting sounds; hoarse, guttural voices contending at the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)