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Meaning of "defile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEFILE

From earlier defoilen (influenced by filen to file³), from Old French defouler to trample underfoot, abuse, from de- + fouler to tread upon.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFILE

defile  [dɪˈfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defile is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb defile in English.

WHAT DOES DEFILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defile

Defile has several meanings: ▪ To make dirty or impure ▪ Defile, in geography, a narrow pass or gorge between mountains...

Definition of defile in the English dictionary

The first definition of defile in the dictionary is to make foul or dirty; pollute. Other definition of defile is to tarnish or sully the brightness of; taint; corrupt. Defile is also to damage or sully.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEFILE

PRESENT

Present
I defile
you defile
he/she/it defiles
we defile
you defile
they defile
Present continuous
I am defiling
you are defiling
he/she/it is defiling
we are defiling
you are defiling
they are defiling
Present perfect
I have defiled
you have defiled
he/she/it has defiled
we have defiled
you have defiled
they have defiled
Present perfect continuous
I have been defiling
you have been defiling
he/she/it has been defiling
we have been defiling
you have been defiling
they have been defiling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I defiled
you defiled
he/she/it defiled
we defiled
you defiled
they defiled
Past continuous
I was defiling
you were defiling
he/she/it was defiling
we were defiling
you were defiling
they were defiling
Past perfect
I had defiled
you had defiled
he/she/it had defiled
we had defiled
you had defiled
they had defiled
Past perfect continuous
I had been defiling
you had been defiling
he/she/it had been defiling
we had been defiling
you had been defiling
they had been defiling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will defile
you will defile
he/she/it will defile
we will defile
you will defile
they will defile
Future continuous
I will be defiling
you will be defiling
he/she/it will be defiling
we will be defiling
you will be defiling
they will be defiling
Future perfect
I will have defiled
you will have defiled
he/she/it will have defiled
we will have defiled
you will have defiled
they will have defiled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been defiling
you will have been defiling
he/she/it will have been defiling
we will have been defiling
you will have been defiling
they will have been defiling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would defile
you would defile
he/she/it would defile
we would defile
you would defile
they would defile
Conditional continuous
I would be defiling
you would be defiling
he/she/it would be defiling
we would be defiling
you would be defiling
they would be defiling
Conditional perfect
I would have defile
you would have defile
he/she/it would have defile
we would have defile
you would have defile
they would have defile
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been defiling
you would have been defiling
he/she/it would have been defiling
we would have been defiling
you would have been defiling
they would have been defiling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you defile
we let´s defile
you defile
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to defile
Past participle
defiled
Present Participle
defiling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFILE


audiophile
ˈɔːdɪəʊˌfaɪl
basophile
ˈbeɪsəˌfaɪl
bibliophile
ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl
cinephile
ˈsɪnɪˌfaɪl
file
faɪl
high-profile
ˌhaɪˈprəʊfaɪl
hydrophile
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfaɪl
interfile
ˌɪntəˈfaɪl
low-profile
ləʊ ˈprəʊfaɪl
misfile
ˌmɪsˈfaɪl
nucleophile
ˈnjuːklɪəfaɪl
paedophile
ˈpiːdəʊˌfaɪl
pedophile
ˈpiːdəʊfaɪl
prefile
priːˈfaɪl
profile
ˈprəʊfaɪl
rank-and-file
ˌræŋkənˈfaɪl
refile
riːˈfaɪl
technophile
ˈtɛknəʊˌfaɪl
zoophile
ˈzəʊəˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFILE

deficiency payment
deficient
deficiently
deficientness
deficit
deficit financing
defied
defier
defies
defilade
defilement
defiler
defiliation
definability
definable
definably
define
defined-benefit
definement
definer

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFILE

ASCII file
batch file
case file
data file
DNA profile
half-round file
high profile
log file
low profile
master file
nail file
on file
rank and file
serrefile
single file
sound file
subfile
text file
work file
zip file

Synonyms and antonyms of defile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «defile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of defile

Translation of «defile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFILE

Find out the translation of defile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

玷污
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contaminarse
570 millions of speakers

English

defile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अशुद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنجس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дефиле
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contaminam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গিরিসঙ্কট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

souiller
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencemarkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verunreinigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더럽
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngrusak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phạm thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீட்டுப்படுத்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपवित्र करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kirletmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

defile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbezcześcić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дефіле
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spurca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μολύνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verontreinig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

defilera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

besudle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defile

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFILE»

The term «defile» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «defile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «defile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFILE»

Discover the use of defile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of ...
An account of the mid-19th-century war in Afghanistan documents how the British government sought to protect regional interests by attempting to install a puppet ruler only to be defeated by united Afghanistan tribes, in a volume that ...
Diana Preston, 2012
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Instruction for Field Artillery, Horse and Foot. Translated ...
At the command MARCH, repeated by this chief, who also commands: Guide lefl, the section moves forward, passes the defile, and is again established in battery, and the firing commenced by his command. When the pieces are too heavy to ...
United States. Department of War, Robert Anderson, William Farquhar BARRY, 1864
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Instruction for Field Artillery
At the command March, repeated by this chief, who also commands : Guide left, the section moves forward, passes the defile, and is again established in battery, and the firing commenced by his command. When the pieces are too heavy to be  ...
United States. War Dept, 1864
4
Rules and regulations for the field exercise and manoeuvres ...
290 EVOLUTIONS OF THE LINE. of the two wings of the line, will .enter the defile abreast, or side by side, as has been directed to be done by the two leading battalions. 372. If the defile is sufficiently broad to admit of the march of a company ...
United States. War Dept, 1820
5
The American military library, or, Compendium of the modern ...
Tf the defile becomes narrower, the chiefs of sections will direct some files to the rear, by the left in the left column, by :he right in the right, and will take the place of their guides, who will fall back to the second rank, the file-closer of each section ...
William Duane, 1809
6
The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee concordance of the Old ...
34. called by my name, to defile it. PIEL. — Imperative. Eze 9: 7. said unto them, Defile the house, PIEL.— Future. 44. neither shall ye defile yourselves 44. shall pronounce him utterly unclean; 3. that thei/ ilejile not their camps, 34. Defile not ...
George Vicesimus Wigram, 1860
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Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the ...
When the defile is in front of the left section, it is passed according to the same principles, commencing with that section. When the defile is in front of the centre section, it is passed according to the same principles, commencing with that ...
William Gilham, 1861
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A System of Exercise and Instruction of Field-artillery: ...
To march by a Flank, in order to gain Ground to the Right, or to the Left, and to change Direction. The manoeuvres are the same as in the School of the Battery, Nos. 68 and 09. 1 ARTICLE THIRD. Passage of a Defile to the Front and in Retreat.
United States. War Department, 1843
9
Principles of Military Movements, Chiefly Applied to ...
every previous measure will have been taken for its entering the Thedesile to defile with safety — The rear divisions will break successively as the column, already prescribed, the rear ranks leading. When the defile is passed, the divisions will ...
Sir David Dundas, 1788
10
The 1864 Field Artillery Tactics
TO PASS A DEFILE IN BEAR. 660. The battery farthest from the defile passes first . If the defile be in rear of the centre, the right battery will pass it first, (unless circumstances render it adrisable to pass the battery of the left wing in preference , ) ...
William Henry French, William Farquhar Barry, Henry Jackson Hunt, 1864

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The history of the word 'bad', Chapter 2
My parenthesis with an exclamation mark is needed because, according to some sources, Old English also had bædan “to defile” with short æ, ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
2
Bill Cosby's Arrogance Will Overshadow His Alibi
He meticulously navigated a “script” where the father America thought they knew, could allegedly defile young women who admired him, ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Jul 15»
3
Make forgiving part of our normal living
The Bible says, “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” -- We will ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
4
BarbWire Columnist: Gay Marriage Ruling 'Far Worse' Than 9/11 …
The LGBT community will attempt to use the government to force pastors and priests and anyone else, to defile themselves by compelling them ... «Right Wing Watch, Jul 15»
5
Israel set to approve controversial force-feeding bill
“By pushing physicians to engage in force-feeding the Israeli government threatens to defile the medical profession, its values and ... «Jewish Journal, Jul 15»
6
Rape suspect in Homa Bay dives into Lake Victoria to escape arrest …
... allegedly waylaid six year old Macklin Adhiambo on her way home, grabbed her and led her to a nearby thicket with an intention to defile her. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
7
I am a Muslim and I am angry
“I am angry that people in the name of Islam defile my religion.” -Tariq A. Al Maeena Tweet this. It infuriates me that I have to justify my religion ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
8
India's water security crisis: Dams, pollution and climate change …
"No one wants to defile the environment. Every project will have an impact, but there are mitigating measures. We first need to find out how ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
Boko Haram kills 11 'traitors' in northeastern Nigerian town
The militants, who want to impose their strict version of Shariah law across Nigeria, often defile mosques where clerics preach against their ... «WRAL.com, Jul 15»
10
Top court on mediation
It was nothing but showing further leniency for the rapist to further defile a woman. Is this what we proclaim as being women's empowerment? «The Hindu, Jul 15»

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