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file Definition


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file1
noun
    1. A folder or box in which to keep loose papers.
      Thesaurus: repository, folder, portfolio, binder, dossier.
    2. A collection of papers so kept, especially dealing with a particular subject.
    3. computing.
      An organized collection of data that is stored in the external memory of a computer, and can be accessed and manipulated as a single named unit.
    4. A line of people or things, especially soldiers, positioned or moving one behind the other.
      Example: single file
      Thesaurus: line, rank, row, column, list, procession, queue, cortege, string, trail, stream.
    5. chess.
      Any of the eight lines of squares extending across the chessboard from player to player. Compare rank1.
verb filed, filing
    1. To put (papers, etc) into a file.
      Thesaurus: classify, index, categorize, catalogue, record, register, list, arrange, pigeonhole, docket.
      Form: file something away (often)
    2. To make a formal application to a law court on (a specified matter).
      Example: file a complaint
      Example: file for divorce
      Form: file for something (often)
    3. To place (a document) on official or public record.
    intr
    4. To march or move along one behind the other.
      Example: The soldiers filed onto the square
    5. Said of a reporter: to submit (a story) to a newspaper.
Derivative: filer
noun
    Derivative: filed
    adj
      Derivative: on file
      noun
        Retained in a file ( 1 or 3 above) for reference; on record.
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin filum a thread, originally referring to a string or wire on which papers were hung.




      file2
      noun
        1. A steel hand tool with a rough surface consisting of fine parallel grooves with sharp cutting edges, used to smooth or rub away wood, metal, etc.
          Thesaurus: sharpener, rasp, steel.
        2. A small object of metal or emeryboard used for smoothing or shaping fingernails or toenails. Also called a nailfile.
      verb
        filed, filing
        1. To smooth or shape (a surface) using a file.
          Thesaurus: hone, sand, abrade, rasp, scrape, grate, smooth, rub down, level off, finish, burnish, sharpen, grind, shave.
      Derivative: filer
      noun
        Derivative: filed
        adj
          Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fyl.



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