1) Befoul 2) Besmear 3) Contaminate 4) Damage 5) Daub 6) Gorge 7) Mar 8) Notch 9) Ravine 10) Smear 11) Soil 12) Spoil 13) Sully 14) Tar
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1) Besmirch 2) Contaminate 3) Debase 4) Desecrate 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) French word used in English 8) Gorge 9) Make corrupt 10) Mountain pass 11) Notch 12) Pass 13) Pollute 14) Spot, stain, or pollute 15) Sully 16) Taint 17) To violate the chastity of 18) Violate 19) Word of purely Anglo origin
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[geography] Defile is a geographic term for a narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills. It has its origins as a military description of a pass through which troops can march only in a narrow column or with a narrow front. On emerging from a defile (or something similar) into open country, soldiers are said to `debouch`. In a traditio...
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• (v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt. • (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint. • (v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off. • (v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute. • (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute. • (...
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De·file' (de*fīl'
or dē'fīl; 277)
noun [ Confer French
défilé , from
défiler 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. (...Found on
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De·file' (de*fīl')
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Defiled (-fīld');
present participle & verbal noun Defiling .] [ French
défiler ; prefix
dé- , for
des- (L.
dis- ) +
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De·file' transitive verb (Mil.) Same as
Defilade .
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[
n] - a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) 2. [v] - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
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defile 1. A narrow gorge or pass that restricts lateral movement, as of troops. 2. A march in a line.
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taint verb place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; `sully someone`s reputation`
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noun a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
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to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase. · to violate the chastity of. · to make impure for ceremonial use; desecrate. · to sully, as a person's reputation.
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[Novel words] place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
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