English dictionary
file
/f/aI/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
Synonyms data fileSource: WordNet 3.0
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a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
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office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
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a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
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An orderly succession; a line; a row
Source: webster1913
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A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.
Source: webster1913
verb
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record in a public office or in a court of law
ExamplesFile for divorce.
File a complaint.
Synonyms registerSource: WordNet 3.0
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smooth with a file
ExamplesFile one's fingernails.
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proceed in line
ExamplesThe students filed into the classroom.
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file a formal charge against
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place in a container for keeping records
ExamplesFile these bills, please.
Synonyms file awaySource: WordNet 3.0
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To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.
Source: webster1913
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To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with <i>off</i>.
Source: webster1913
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To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to <i>file</i> a saw or a tooth.
Source: webster1913
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To make foul; to defile.
Source: webster1913