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- Dictionaryde·file/dəˈfīl/
verb
- 1. sully, mar, or spoil: "the land was defiled by a previous owner" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of DEFILE is to make unclean or impure. How to use defile in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Defile.
DEFILE definition: 1. to spoil something or someone so that that thing or person is less beautiful or pure: 2. a very…. Learn more.
verb. to make foul or dirty; pollute. to tarnish or sully the brightness of; taint; corrupt. to damage or sully (someone's good name, reputation, etc) to make unfit for ceremonial use; desecrate. to violate the chastity of.
When you defile something, you make it dirty or make it lose its purity. Think of a snowy field in which someone has tossed their old cans and wrappers. The litter defiles the winter wonderland.
1. To make filthy or dirty; pollute: defile a river with sewage. 2. To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt: a country landscape that was defiled by urban sprawl. 3. To profane or sully (a reputation, for example). 4. To make unclean or unfit for ceremonial use; desecrate: defile a temple. 5.
DEFILE meaning: 1. to spoil something or someone so that that thing or person is less beautiful or pure: 2. a very…. Learn more.
To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive. [ literary ] He had defiled the sacred name of the prophet.
Defile Definition. dĭ-fīl. defiled, defiles, defiling. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. defiled, defiles, defiling. To make filthy or dirty; pollute. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To march in single file or by files. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To corrupt.
defile something to make something dirty or no longer pure, especially something that people consider important or holy. Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled. The altar had been defiled by vandals. Definition of defile1 verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Definitions of 'defile' 1. To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
