file

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

• It is upon a file with the duke's other letters.
• We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to help you learn to help yourself

A roll or list.

• a file of all the gentry

A course of thought; a thread of narration.

• Let me resume the file of my narration.

An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.

• He had created a file for coding to design a new product.
• I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.

A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.

• Many homes now have double-file kitchens.

Clipping of file cabinet.CanadaUSabbreviation

• The Nonfiction Vertical File: […]I spent my university years working in the library at the Maritime School of Social Work. One of my responsibilities was to keep the library's vertical file up to date. The vertical file was a cabinet full o

To commit (official papers) to some office.transitive

• She filed their accounts yesterday.

To commit (official papers) to some office.; To submit a formal request to some office.intransitivetransitive

• She filed for divorce the next day.
• The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.

(of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.transitive

• I filed my copy soon after the interview.

To place in an archive in a logical place and order.transitive

• Troves of documents filed away in the depository.

To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.transitive

To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.obsoletetransitive

• I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed.

A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.

• The troops marched in Indian file.

A small detachment of soldiers.

One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).

To move in a file.intransitive

• The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.

A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.

A cunning or resourceful person.archaicslang

• Will is an old file, in spite of his smooth face.
• The greatest character among them was that of a Pickpocket, or, in truer language, a File.

A pickpocket.obsoleteslang

• The greatest character among them was that of a pickpocket, or, in their language, a file.

To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.transitive

• I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.

To defile.archaic

• I cannot thinke […] So true a bird would file ſo faire a neſt, […]
• for Banquo's issue have I fil'd my mind

To corrupt.