Defile vs. Define

Defileverb

(transitive) To make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.

Defileverb

(transitive) To vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate

Defileverb

(transitive) To deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape

Defileverb

To march in a single file.

Defilenoun

A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.

Defilenoun

A single file, such as of soldiers.

Defilenoun

The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.

Defileverb

To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Defileverb

Same as Defilade.

Defileverb

To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

Defileverb

To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

Defileverb

To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

Defileverb

To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate; to rape.

Defileverb

To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

Defilenoun

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.

Defilenoun

The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

Defilenoun

a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Defileverb

place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;

Defileverb

make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically;

Defileverb

spot, stain, or pollute;

Defineverb

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.

Defineverb

(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.

Defineverb

To express the essential nature of something.

Defineverb

To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.

Defineverb

To describe, explain, or make definite and clear.

Defineverb

To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.

Defineverb

(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.

Definenoun

(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.

Defineverb

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

Defineverb

To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

Defineverb

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.

Defineverb

To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.

Defineverb

To determine; to decide.

Defineverb

give a definition for the meaning of a word;

Defineverb

determine the essential quality of

Defineverb

determine the nature of;

Defineverb

delineate the form or outline of;

Defineverb

state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of

Defineverb

give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary

Defineverb

make up or establish the character or essence of

Defineverb

mark out the boundary or limits of

Defineverb

make clear the outline of; delineate