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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.