дефиле́ — meaning in English
defile
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English meaning
- bottleneck noun A point where a process, road, or system narrows and slows everything passing through it.
- defile verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
Senses
дефиле́ is used for these senses in English:
- bottleneck (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
- defile A narrow passage or way (originally (military) , one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
- defile A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
defile — full definition
- verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
- noun A narrow gorge or pass, originally one narrow enough for soldiers to march through only in single file.
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