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61 moisture
['mois ə]noun ((the quality of) dampness: This soil needs moisture.) umidade -
62 moor
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63 mould
I [mould] noun1) ((soil which is full of) rotted leaves etc.) humo2) (a growth on stale food etc: This bread is covered with mould.) mofo, bolor•- mouldy- mouldiness II 1. [məuld] noun1) (a shape into which a substance in liquid form is poured so that it may take on that shape when it cools and hardens: a jelly mould.) fôrma2) (something, especially a food, formed in a mould.) fôrma2. verb1) (to form in a mould: The metal is moulded into long bars.) moldar2) (to work into a shape: He moulded the clay into a ball.) moldar3) (to make the shape of (something): She moulded the figure out of/in clay.) moldar -
64 permeate
['pə:mieit]((of a liquid, gas etc) to pass or spread into or through: The water had permeated (through/into) the soil.) permear, impregnar -
65 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) arado2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) arar2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) abrir caminho, sulcar3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) lançar-se em -
66 poverty
['povəti](the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) pobreza -
67 powdery
adjective (like powder: powdery soil.) pulverulento -
68 rake
[reik] 1. noun1) (a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc.) ancinho2) (any similar tool: a croupier's rake in a casino.) rodo3) (the act of raking: to give the soil a rake.) passagem do ancinho2. verb1) (to smooth or gather with a rake: I'll rake these grass-cuttings up later.) ancinhar2) ((often with out) to remove the ashes from (a fire) with a poker etc.) tirar as cinzas3) (to fire guns at (a target) from one end of it to the other: The soldiers raked the entire village with machine-gun fire.) varrer a tiros•- rake up -
69 root
I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) raiz2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) raiz3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) raiz4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) raízes2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) enraizar- root crop - root out - take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) fossar2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) revolver -
70 sterile
1) ((of soil, plants, humans and other animals) unable to produce crops, seeds, children or young.) estéril2) (free from germs: A surgeon's equipment must be absolutely sterile.) estéril•- sterilize - sterilise - sterilization - sterilisation -
71 stony
1) (full of, or covered with, stones: stony soil; a stony path/beach; It's very stony around here.) pedregoso2) ((of a person's expression etc) like stone in coldness, hardness etc: He gave me a stony stare.) empedernido, duro -
72 subsoil
(the layer of earth beneath the surface soil.) subsolo -
73 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sugar2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) chupar3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) sugar4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) chupada- sucker- suck up to
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