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file

(f/aI/l )

a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together(noun.communication)

Synonym:
data file

source: wordnet30
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other(noun.group)

Synonym:
indian file, single file

source: wordnet30
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
file cabinet, filing cabinet

source: wordnet30
a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
An orderly succession; a line; a row(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

record in a public office or in a court of law(verb.communication)

Example:
File for divorce.
File a complaint.

Synonym:
register

source: wordnet30
smooth with a file(verb.contact)

Example:
File one's fingernails.

source: wordnet30
proceed in line(verb.motion)

Example:
The students filed into the classroom.

source: wordnet30
file a formal charge against(verb.communication)

Synonym:
charge, lodge

source: wordnet30
place in a container for keeping records(verb.communication)

Example:
File these bills, please.

Synonym:
file away

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.(verb)

source: webster1913
To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make foul; to defile.(verb)

source: webster1913