Meaning

1 senses

  1. To remove the topsoil from.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. A military veteran shows how his compost business helps to replenish precious topsoil.

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  2. As a result, when it rains, large amounts of topsoil, clay, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides are washed into the sea.

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Origin

From top + soil.

From top + soil.

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Forms

topsoils, topsoiling, topsoiled, topsoiled
Base formtopsoil · to topsoil
3rd person singulartopsoils
Present participletopsoiling
Past simpletopsoiled
Past participletopsoiled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytopsoil
he, she, ittopsoils

Past simpleLesson

all personstopsoiled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave topsoiled
he, she, ithas topsoiled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill topsoil

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
toppleC2topstortorchB2tormentC1
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