[よごす(汚す)(P);けがす,
yogosu ( yogosu )(P); kegasu] (v5s,
vt) (1) to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain; (2) (esp. けがす) to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[しゅにまじわればあかくなる,
shunimajiwarebaakakunaru] (exp) (id) he who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith; one rotten apple spoils the barrel [Add to Longdo]
[あいろ,
airo] (n) defile; narrow path; bottleneck [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Defile \De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Defiled} (d[-e]*f[imac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Defiling}.]
[F. d['e]filer; pref. d['e]-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row
or line. See {File} a row.]
To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Defile \De*file"\, v. t. (Mil.)
Same as {Defilade}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Defile \De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l" or d[=e]"f[imac]l; 277), n.
[Cf. F. d['e]fil['e], fr. d['e]filer 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.
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2. (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the
exterior works in order to protect the interior. See
{Defilade}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Defile \De*file"\ (d[-e]*f[imac]l"), v. t. [OE. defoulen,
-foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de- + fouler to trample
(see {Full}, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in
form by the older verb defoilen). See {File} to defile,
{Foul}, {Defoul}.]
1. To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to
befoul; to pollute.
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They that touch pitch will be defiled. --Shak.
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2. To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
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He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age,
however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty
hands. --Swift.
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3. To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
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Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt.
--Ezek. xx. 7.
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4. To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate; to
rape.
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The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. --Prior.
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5. To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
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That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts,
he shall not eat to defile therewith. --Lev. xxii.
8.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defile
n 1: a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn:
{defile}, {gorge}]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: {defile}, {sully}, {corrupt}, {taint},
{cloud}]
2: 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" [syn: {tarnish}, {stain},
{maculate}, {sully}, {defile}]
3: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: {foul}, {befoul},
{defile}, {maculate}]
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