Found 3 items, similar to defile.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: defile
barisan, berbaris, mencemari, mencemarkan, mengotori, mengotorkan, pendakian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: defile
defile
n : a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn:
gorge]
defile
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;
“sully someone's
reputation” [syn:
sully,
corrupt,
taint,
cloud]
2: 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” [syn:
tarnish,
stain,
maculate,
sully]
3: spot, stain, or pollute;
“The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it” [syn:
foul,
befoul,
maculate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Defile
Defile
\De*file"\, v. t. (Mil.)
Same as
Defilade.
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Defile
\De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l" or d[=e]"f[imac]l; 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.
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2. (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the
exterior works in order to protect the interior. See
Defilade.
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Defile
\De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l"), 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.
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They that touch pitch will be defiled. --Shak.
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2. To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
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He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age,
however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty
hands. --Swift.
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3. To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
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Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt.
--Ezek. xx. 7.
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4. To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate; to
rape.
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The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. --Prior.
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5. To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
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That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts,
he shall not eat to defile therewith. --Lev. xxii.
8.
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Defile
\De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Defiled (d[-e]*f[imac]ld"); 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.
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