Home › Words › B › bemoilbemoilbemoil · verb — to soil or dirty.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom be- + moil, from French mouiller to wet; but compare also Old English bimolen to soil, and English mole.verbTo soil or dirtye.g.“Tell thou the tale: –but hadst thou not crossed me, thou shouldst have heard how her horse fell, and she under her horse; thou shouldst have heard, in how miry a place; how she was bemoiled; […].” — c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] BloDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dirt 71% match — Soil or earth. vs bemoil →besoil 71% match — To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully. vs bemoil →bemire 71% match — To soil with mud or a similar substance. vs bemoil →befoul 71% match — To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute. vs bemoil →befoulment 69% match — The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty. vs bemoil →bedirty 69% match — to dirty, soil; make dirty. vs bemoil →smutch 67% match — To soil, stain or smudge. vs bemoil →besmirch 66% match — To make dirty. vs bemoil →