To make dirty, reflexive To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed, transitive To feed (livestock) with soilage, To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food, To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully, intransitive To make dirty, particularly on the surface, To corrupt; defile, To become dirty, stained, or tarnished, noun_ The state of being soiled, Manure, especially human excrement, used as fertilizer, A place or condition favorable to growth; a breeding ground