defile
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
Types & categories
- mountain pass hypernym
Sense 2 verb
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
sully someone's reputation
Types & categories
- mar hypernym
Related & opposite
- cloud derivation
Sense 3 verb
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
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Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
spot, stain, or pollute
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
Types & categories
- dishonor hypernym
Related & opposite
- spotting derivation
- macule derivation
- polluter derivation
- befoulment derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mountain pass |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cloud |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mar |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spotting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarnish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | macule |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stigma |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fleck |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | darken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spotting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | macule |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | polluter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | befoulment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dishonor |