To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”)
To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
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.
A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
An act of marching in files or lines.
An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
To cause to blush.
To cause to take flight from concealment.
Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
To excite, inflame.
To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
Suddenly and completely.
The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
Wealthy or well off.
Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.