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The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.
Simone Weil

Meaning of "virgin soil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VIRGIN SOIL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIRGIN SOIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Virgin soil is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VIRGIN SOIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of virgin soil in the English dictionary

The definition of virgin soil in the dictionary is soil that has not been cultivated before. Other definition of virgin soil is a person or thing that is as yet undeveloped.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIRGIN SOIL

virger
Virgil
Virgilian
virgin
virgin birth
virgin forest
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands of the United States
Virgin Mary
virgin olive oil
Virgin Queen
virgin territory
virgin wool
virgin´s-bower
virginal
virginalist
virginalled
virginalling
virginally
virginhood

WORDS THAT END LIKE VIRGIN SOIL

acid soil
alkali soil
alkaline soil
assoil
azonal soil
cohesionless soil
cohesive soil
deasoil
desert soil
frictional soil
intrazonal soil
muck soil
night soil
prairie soil
soil
subsoil
the soil
topsoil
undersoil
zonal soil

Synonyms and antonyms of virgin soil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «virgin soil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIRGIN SOIL

Find out the translation of virgin soil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of virgin soil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «virgin soil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

处女地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suelo virgen
570 millions of speakers

English

virgin soil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुंवारी मिट्टी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التربة البكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

целина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

solo virgem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুমারী মাটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

terre vierge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanah dara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Neuland
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

処女地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

처녀 토양
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prawan lemah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất trinh nữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கன்னி மண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हर्जिन माती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bakir toprak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terreno vergine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

virgin gleby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цілина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sol virgin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρθένο έδαφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maagd grond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jungfrulig jord
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jomfru jord
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of virgin soil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIRGIN SOIL»

The term «virgin soil» is normally little used and occupies the 119.466 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIRGIN SOIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about virgin soil

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QUOTES WITH «VIRGIN SOIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word virgin soil.
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Simone Weil
The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIRGIN SOIL»

Discover the use of virgin soil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to virgin soil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Red Virgin Soil: Soviet Literature in the 1920's
"Red Virgin Soil is a detailed study of the eponymous journal that was the most significant Soviet literary journal of the 1920's.
Robert A. Maguire, 2000
2
Virgin Soil Upturned
This book has a fundamental message for those who wish to understand the stresses and strains of Soviet life from the 1930's to the present day.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, 2000
3
"Competition for the Virgin Soil of Kansas": Gendered and ...
This dissertation argues that the gendered and sexualized popular discourse surrounding the crisis over the extension of slavery into Kansas Territory in the 1850s was central to changing northern public opinion in the antebellum political ...
Brie Anna Swenson Arnold, 2008
4
Virgin Soil
The story follows a young man and a young woman, torn between love and politics. They struggle to make headway against the stifling conventions of provincial life, complacency of the powerful, and the misery of the powerless.
Ivan Turgenev, 2013
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The American Indian: Past and Present
VIRGIN-SOIL. EPIDEMICS. AS. A. FACTOR. IN. THE. ABORIGINAL. DEPOPULATION. IN. AMERICA. ALFRED. W. CROSBY,. JR. During the late 1960s the idea that the aboriginal population of North America stood at about one million people ...
Roger L. Nichols, 1992
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Virgin Soil
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich, 2009
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The Novels of Ivan Turgenev: Virgin Soil...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, 2012
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Virgin Soil, Tr. from the Fr. Version by T.S. Perry
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, 2012
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Germs, Seeds & Animals: Studies in Ecological History
There is no doubt that chronic disease was an important factor in the precipitous decline, and it is highly probable that the greatest killer was epidemic disease, especially as manifested in virgin soil epidemics.1 Virgin soil epidemics are those ...
Alfred W. Crosby, 1993
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Soil Liquid Phase Composition
... forest virgin soil 0-10 6.08 7.06 6.04 5.12 40.5 0.09 18-22 5.82 5.90 5.74 4.32 24.1 009 Gray forest arable soil 0-10 5.56 5.61 5.64 4.53 16.8 14 0.11 Podzolic virgin soil 0-10 3.87 3.48 3.57 2.85 22.3 13 - 10-15 3.73 4.90 4.38 3.25 22.7 10 ...
V.V. Snakin, A.A. Prisyazhnaya, E. Kovács-Láng, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIRGIN SOIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term virgin soil is used in the context of the following news items.
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Composer's score focuses on growth during annual composers festival
"It's filling up the space," the composer said of his new work, "Virgin Soil. ... the rehearsal of a piece titled "Virgin Soil" on Wednesday at the Missouri Theatre. «Columbia Missourian, Jul 15»
2
Grant to help build 'beautiful entry' for Country Club Village
"Some remediation needs done," including excavating a driveway, capping gas lines and returning the lot to virgin soil, Martineau said. "It's a great opportunity ... «ThisWeekNews, Jul 15»
3
'Superstar' farmer wows with conservation techniques
Steve Berger demonstrates the quality of the loose soil from a no-till field as .... 4-foot-deep trench in one of his fence rows to illustrate what virgin soil looks like. «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Mar 15»
4
Searchers find no trace of missing Cleveland man
The radar can differentiate between the layers of soil that have been dormant for ... and then undisturbed virgin soil below that down to a depth of approximately ... «Your Houston News, Mar 15»
5
Lost Forty Brewing to host soft opening on Saturday
According to their Facebook page, "Lost Forty Brewing takes its name from the historic, storied forest that stands on 40 acres of Arkansas's last truly virgin soil in ... «THV 11, Dec 14»
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Organic garlic production in NSW replacing Chinese imports
"Where we planted in virgin soil the garlic hasn't been as great as it could be, but there's still a demand for any organically grown garlic so I think we'll be ok," ... «ABC Online, Nov 14»
7
Pilgrims, revisited
... one big reason the Pilgrims endured is because previous explorers had brought what may have been bubonic plague to the virgin soil; up to 90 percent of the ... «Boston Globe, Nov 14»
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Metro-Land suburbia is changing, but its promise of pretty privacy …
What strange architects the British are. We take an acre of virgin soil, cover it in concrete, build a house or five hundred, and then, inch by inch, try to recreate the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
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Gardening: Island's pineapple past can lead to a sweet future
Crown and slips which have never been rooted will be free of nematodes or any planting material from nematode free soils. Virgin soil is not necessarily free of ... «Naples Daily News, Apr 14»
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The Toxic Reason Urban Agriculture Isn't a Bigger Trend
In the former case, the offending soil is removed and replaced with virgin soil and/or compost from a rural area. In the latter case, a method called "cap and fill," a ... «TakePart, Sep 13»

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