defile

🇺🇸 /dɪˈfaɪl/ 🇬🇧 /dɪˈfaɪl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to make dirty or ruin the purity of something important

The park was left in a terrible state, defiled by litter and vandalism.

noun
R

a narrow path between mountains

They had to navigate the defile carefully to reach the valley below.

translation

v. to make dirty or ruin the purity of something important
n. a narrow path between mountains

Word Forms

3rd Present defiles
Progressive defiling
Past defiled
Perfect defiled
Plural defiles