defile

[de·file]

When you defile something, you make it dirty or make it lose its purity. Think of fresh new snow covered in cigarette butts. The butts defile the winter wonderland.

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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Noun
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Verb
spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

Verb
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; 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"

Verb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone''s reputation"

v. i.
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

v. t.
Same as Defilade.

n.
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.

n.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

v. t.
To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

v. t.
To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

v. t.
To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

v. t.
To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.

v. t.
To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

Defile

De*file" , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Defiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Defiling.] [F. d'82filer; pref. d'82-, 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.

Defile

De*file", v. t. (Mil.) Same as Defilade.

Defile

De*file" (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. d'82fil'82, fr. d'82filer 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.

Defile

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.

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.

3. To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt.

4. To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.

The husband murder'd and the wife defiled.

5. To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith.

To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Same as Defilade.

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.

To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

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Usage Examples

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

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