Defile

Verb

 * 1)  to make impure; to make dirty.

Noun

 * 1) A way or gorge so narrow that only one person at a time can pass.

Verb

 * 1)  To march in a single file.

Adjectives for Defile
dark; tangled; lofty; wild; rugged; rocky; towering; mountain; dangerous.

Synonyms for Defile
pollute, corrupt, taint, stain, soil, sully, infect, befoul, spoil, contaminate, debauch, seduce.

Antonyms for Defile
clean, cleanse, wash, purify, disinfect, sanctify, glorify.

Thesaurus
abuse, abysm, abyss, access, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, aisle, alley, alloy, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, arroyo, artery, attaint, avenue, backpack, befoul, benasty, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, betray, bewitch, blacken, blight, blot, blow upon, bottleneck, box canyon, brand, breach, break, call names, canal, canker, canyon, cavity, censure, channel, chap, chasm, cheapen, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, cloister, clough, coarsen, col, colonnade, communication, condemn, conduit, confound, connection, contaminate, convert, corridor, corrupt, coulee, couloir, covered way, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, damage, debase, debauch, deceive, defalcate, defame, deflorate, deflower, degenerate, degrade, dell, demoralize, denature, denigrate, deprave, desecrate, despoil, destroy, devalue, dike, dirty, disadvantage, disapprove, discolor, dishonor, disparage, disserve, distort, distress, ditch, divert, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, donga, doom, draw, embezzle, engage in personalities, envenom, excavation, exit, expose, expose to infamy, fault, ferry, file, file off, fissure, flaw, flume, footslog, force, ford, foul, fracture, furrow, gallery, gap, gape, gash, get into trouble, gibbet, go on parade, goose-step, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hang in effigy, harass, harm, heap dirt upon, hex, hike, hole, hurt, impair, incision, infect, injure, inlet, interchange, intersection, isthmus, jinx, joint, junction, kloof, lane, lead astray, leak, maladminister, maltreat, march, march past, menace, mess, mess up, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle, mislead, mismanage, mistreat, misuse, moat, molest, muckrake, mush, narrow, narrows, nasty, neck, notch, nullah, opening, outlet, outrage, overpass, parade, pass, passage, passageway, peculate, persecute, pervert, pilfer, pillory, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, portico, prejudice, profane, promenade, prostitute, railroad tunnel, rape, ravage, ravine, ravish, rent, reprimand, revile, rift, rime, ruin, rupture, savage, scathe, scissure, seam, seduce, shame, slit, slot, slur, smear, smirch, soil, split, spoil, stain, stigmatize, strait, sully, taint, tar, tarnish, threaten, throat, throw mud at, torment, torture, traject, trajet, tramp, trench, tunnel, twist, ulcerate, underpass, valley, vilify, violate, vitiate, void, vulgarize, wadi, warp, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

Etymology 1
From defilen:, alteration (due to  defoulen:, defoilen:) of  befilen:, from  befylan:, from  +. Cognate with bevuilen:. More at, file,.

Etymology 2
Earlier defilee:, French défilé:, from défiler: from file:.

Verb

 * Bulgarian: опетнявам, осквернявам
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, марать
 * Swedish: orena

Noun

 * Bulgarian: дефиле,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Russian: узкий проход, узкое место маршрута,  желоб

Verb

 * Bulgarian: дефилирам
 * Finnish: marssia ohi
 * French:


 * Russian: дефилировать
 * Swedish: defilera