HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › take soil
← Back to search

Meaning of take soil | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.

archaic, idiomatic

Examples

“O, sir, have⟳ you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach⟳ you after three hours' running.”
“[…] finding that he could not shake⟳ off the hounds, turned to the left towards the Saltwater River, and rushing down a precipitous and stony approach⟳ to the river, he instantly took soil in very deep water, with the pack⟳ clustering round him.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See all B2 English words →

See also

take some air take some beating take some doing take someone at their word take someone down the garden path take someone for all they've got

Learn this word in context

See take soil used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free