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What's The Definition Of Defile?
[n] a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
[v] spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" [v] make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air, of metals; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [v] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Defile: befoul | cloud | corrupt | foul | gorge | maculate | maculate | sully | taint | tarnish Related Terms | Find terms related to Defile: abuse | abysm | abyss | access | adulterate | afflict | aggrieve | aisle | alley | alloy | ambulatory | aperture | arcade | arroyo | artery | attaint | avenue | backpack | befoul | benasty | besmear | besmirch | bespatter | betray | bewitch | blacken | blight | blot | blow upon | bottleneck | box canyon | brand | breach | break | call names | canal | canker | canyon | cavity | censure | channel | chap | chasm | cheapen | check | chimney | chink | cleft | cleuch | cloister | clough | coarsen | col | colonnade | communication | condemn | conduit | confound | connection | contaminate | convert | corridor | corrupt | coulee | couloir | covered way | crack | cranny | crevasse | crevice | cut | cwm | damage | debase | debauch | deceive | defalcate | defame | deflorate | deflower | degenerate | degrade | dell | demoralize | denature | denigrate | deprave | desecrate | despoil | destroy | devalue | dike | dirty | disadvantage | disapprove | discolor | dishonor | disparage | disserve | distort | distress | ditch | divert | do a mischief | do evil | do ill | do wrong | do wrong by | donga | doom | draw | embezzle | engage in personalities | envenom | excavation | exit | expose | expose to infamy | fault | ferry | file | file off | fissure | flaw | flume | footslog | force | ford | foul | fracture | furrow | gallery | gap | gape | gash | get into trouble | gibbet | go on parade | goose-step | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hang in effigy | harass | harm | heap dirt upon | hex | hike | hole | hurt | impair | incision | infect | injure | inlet | interchange | intersection | isthmus | jinx | joint | junction | kloof | lane | lead astray | leak | maladminister | maltreat | march | march past | menace | mess | mess up | misapply | misappropriate | misemploy | mishandle | mislead | mismanage | mistreat | misuse | moat | molest | muckrake | mush | narrow | narrows | nasty | neck | notch | nullah | opening | outlet | outrage | overpass | parade | pass | passage | passageway | peculate | persecute | pervert | pilfer | pillory | play havoc with | play hob with | poison | pollute | portico | prejudice | profane | promenade | prostitute | railroad tunnel | rape | ravage | ravine | ravish | rent | reprimand | revile | rift | rime | ruin | rupture | savage | scathe | scissure | seam | seduce | shame | slit | slot | slur | smear | smirch | soil | split | spoil | stain | stigmatize | strait | sully | taint | tar | tarnish | threaten | throat | throw mud at | torment | torture | traject | trajet | tramp | trench | tunnel | twist | ulcerate | underpass | valley | vilify | violate | vitiate | void | vulgarize | wadi | warp | wound | wreak havoc on | wrong See Also | attaint | blob | blot | darken | deflower | disgrace | dishonor | dishonour | fleck | impair | mar | mountain pass | notch | pass | shame | spoil | spot | vitiate Defile In Webster's Dictionary \De*file"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Defiled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Defiling}.] [F. d['e]filer; pref. d['e]-, for des- (L.
dis-) + file a row or line. See {File} a row.]
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
\De*file"\, v. t. (Mil.) Same as {Defilade}. \De*file"\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. d['e]fil['e], fr. d['e]filer to defile.] 1. Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc. 2. (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See {Defilade}. \De*file"\, v. t. [OE. defoulen, -foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de- + fouler to trample (see {Full}, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in form by the older verb defoilen). See {File} to defile, {Foul}, {Defoul}.] 1. To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute. They that touch pitch will be defiled. --Shak. 2. To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint. He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands. --Swift. 3. To injure in purity of character; to corrupt. Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. --Ezek. xx. 7. 4. To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate. The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. --Prior. 5. To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute. That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith. --Lev. xxii. 8. |
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