A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills

To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.

To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.

To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation. He is among the greatest prelates of the age, however his character may be defiled by dirty hands. They shall defile thy brightness. Ezekiel 28:7.

To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean. That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith. Leviticus 22:8.

To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness. Schechem defiled Dinah. Genesis 34:2.

To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin. Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:7. He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Numbers 19:20.

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