Question

the elbows of my favorite shirt are comnpletely soiled with soil. how do you know the definition of the bold word is dirt

Answer 1

Answer:

  I believed that the word in bold is Soiled, and you can know the definition because the context that the sentence gives you. And the word´s position suggests that "soiled" is used as a noun.

Explanation:

  The soil is a synonym of dirt. A synonym is a way to express the same with other words, it is used to avoid repetition throughout a sentence, and in literature to make the reading more interesting.

  I hope this answer helps you.

Answer 2

Well another definition of dirt is soil and when the sentence says SOIL its referring to the word dirt

hope this helps