file
noun
[ fʌɪl ]
• a folder or box for holding loose papers together and in order for easy reference.
• "a file of correspondence"
• a number of issues and responsibilities relating to a particular policy area.
• "what progress has the Prime Minister made on the unity file?"
file
verb
• place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order.
• "the contract, when signed, is filed"
Similar:
categorize,
classify,
organize,
put in place,
put in order,
order,
arrange,
catalogue,
tabulate,
index,
pigeonhole,
put on record,
record,
enter,
store,
log,
archive,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘string documents on a thread or wire to keep them in order’): from French filer ‘to string’, fil ‘a thread’, both from Latin filum ‘a thread’. Compare with file2.
file
noun
• a line of people or things one behind another.
• "files of tourists stream up the narrow lanes of Mont St Michel"
Similar:
line,
column,
row,
string,
chain,
procession,
train,
convoy,
caravan,
queue,
crocodile,
file
verb
• (of a group of people) walk one behind the other, typically in an orderly and solemn manner.
• "the mourners filed into the church"
Similar:
march,
parade,
troop,
pass in formation,
walk in a queue,
walk in a line,
proceed in a line,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French file, from filer ‘to string’.
file
noun
• a tool with a roughened surface or surfaces, typically of steel, used for smoothing or shaping a hard material.
file
verb
• smooth or shape with a file.
• "never file your nails from the centre to the sides"
Similar:
smooth,
buff,
rub,
rub down,
polish,
burnish,
furbish,
shape,
refine,
scrape,
abrade,
rasp,
sandpaper,
Origin:
Old English fīl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijl and German Feile .
filé
noun
• pounded or powdered sassafras leaves used to flavour and thicken soup, especially gumbo.
Origin:
mid 19th century: from French, past participle of filer ‘to twist’.
on file
• in a file or filing system.
