Associations to the word «Defiling»
Noun
- Adultery
- Sanctuary
- Stain
- Corpse
- Lust
- Altar
- Holiness
- Sin
- Procession
- Idol
- Slaughter
- Pollution
- Touch
- Sacrifice
- Midst
- Precipice
- Traveller
- Soul
- Ravine
- Ambush
- Chastity
- Chasm
- Foul
- Trapper
- Gorge
- Crag
- Sanderson
- Narrow
- Wickedness
- Israelites
- Dinah
- Steep
- Scenery
- Reuben
- Mouth
- Garment
- Deserter
- Carcass
- Eros
- Righteousness
- Abduction
- Gully
- Plain
- Pitch
- Conscience
- Impurity
- Disobedience
- Cliff
- Pass
- Mountain
- Sinner
- Torrent
- Puebla
- Fissure
- Cossack
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
DEFILE, verb. (transitive) to make impure; to make dirty.
DEFILE, noun. A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
DEFILE, noun. A single file, such as of soldiers.
DEFILE, noun. The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
DEFILE, verb. (archaic) (intransitive) To march in a single file.
Dictionary definition
DEFILE, noun. A narrow pass (especially one between mountains).
DEFILE, verb. Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation".
DEFILE, verb. 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".
DEFILE, verb. Spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.