defile
Meaning of defile
verb
- damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil.
the land was defiled by a previous owner
late Middle English: alteration of obsolete defoul, from Old French defouler ‘trample down’, influenced by obsolete befile ‘befoul, defile’.
noun- a steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file).
the twisting track wormed its way up a defile to level ground
- (of troops) march in single file.
we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides
late 17th century: from French défilé (noun), défiler (verb), from dé ‘away from’ + file ‘column, file’.
Information about defile
- The plural form of defile is: defiles.
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Hyphenation of defile
de-file
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- defile is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
defile synonyms
Meaning gorge:
Meaning sully:
Meaning tarnish:
tarnish, stain, maculate, sully
Meaning foul:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning impair the quality or appearance of; spoil:
Meaning weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function):
Meaning lower the value of (coinage) by reducing the content of precious metal:
Meaning treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect:
Meaning defile or corrupt:
Meaning administer poison to (a person or animal), either deliberately or accidentally:
Meaning affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism:
Meaning make dirty:
Meaning the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration:
defile antonyms
Meaning remove contaminants from:
Translation of defile
- German: verschmutzen, beschmutzen, verunreinigen, verdrecken, besudeln, versauen, entheiligen, entweihen
- French: salir, encrasser, cochonner, souiller, désacraliser
- Spanish: ensuciar, profanar
- Italian: sporcare, insudiciare, insozzare, dissacrare, sconsacrare
- Portuguese: sujar
Anagrams of defile
Words that rhyme with defile
file, datafile, serafile, subfile, bandfile, endfile, backspacefile, befile, makefile, prefile, refile, serrefile, affile, sigfile, wrongfile, backfile, chkfile, workfile, molfile, nailfile, fromfile, enfile, infile, openfile, unfile, LipoProfile, nofile, pedofile, profile, tofile, dumpfile, interfile, overfile, misfile, inputfile, drawfile
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