DEFILE
\dɪfˈa͡ɪl], \dɪfˈaɪl], \d_ɪ_f_ˈaɪ_l]\
Definitions of DEFILE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
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Same as Defilade.
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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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The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
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To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
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To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
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To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
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To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
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To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
By Oddity Software
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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
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Same as Defilade.
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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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The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
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To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
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To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
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To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
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To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
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To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
By Noah Webster.
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To make foul or impure; tarnish; corrupt.
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To march off in a line.
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A long, narrow mountain pass; a marching in file.
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Defiler.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Defiler.
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To pollute; debauch; violate.
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To march by files; file off.
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A long narrow pass; gorge.
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A marching in file.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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