noun
- A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together.
- synonyms: data file
- A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other.
- synonyms: single file, Indian file
- Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order.
- synonyms: file cabinet, filing cabinet
- A steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal.
verb
- Record in a public office or in a court of law.
- usage: "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
- synonyms: register
- Smooth with a file.
- usage: "file one's fingernails"
- Proceed in line.
- usage: "The students filed into the classroom"
- File a formal charge against.
- usage: "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
- Place in a container for keeping records.
- usage: "File these bills, please"
- synonyms: file away