Lexic.us

Definition of Defile

1. Verb. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. "Sully someone's reputation"

2. Noun. A narrow pass (especially one between mountains).

3. Verb. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

4. Verb. Spot, stain, or pollute. "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

Definition of Defile

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

2. v. t. Same as Defilade.

3. 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.

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

Definition of Defile

1. Verb. (transitive) to make impure; to make dirty. ¹

2. Noun. A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains. ¹

3. Noun. A single file, such as of soldiers. ¹

4. Verb. (context: obsolete intransitive) To march in a single file. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defile

1. to make dirty [v -FILED, -FILING, -FILES] - See also: dirty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defile

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