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noun
1.
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
2.
a collection of papers, records, etc., arranged in convenient order: to make a file for a new account.
3.
Computers. a collection of related data or program records stored on some input/output or auxiliary storage medium: This program's main purpose is to update the customer master file.
5.
EXPANDMilitary.
a.
a person in front of or behind another in a military formation.
b.
one step on a promotion list.
6.
one of the vertical lines of squares on a chessboard.
7.
a list or roll.
8.
COLLAPSEa string or wire on which papers are strung for preservation and reference.
verb (used with object)
9.
to place in a file.
10.
to arrange (papers, records, etc.) in convenient order for storage or reference.
11.
Journalism.
a.
to arrange (copy) in the proper order for transmittal by wire.
b.
to transmit (copy), as by wire or telephone: He filed copy from Madrid all through the war.
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Filed
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
verb (used without object)
Idiom12.
to march in a file or line, one after another, as soldiers: The parade filed past endlessly.
13.
to make application: to file for a civil-service job.
14.
on file, arranged in order for convenient reference; in a file: The names are on file in the office.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English filen < Middle French filer to string documents on a thread or wire, Old French: to wind or spin thread < Late Latin fīlāre, verbal derivative of Latin fīlum thread, string
1425–75; late Middle English filen < Middle French filer to string documents on a thread or wire, Old French: to wind or spin thread < Late Latin fīlāre, verbal derivative of Latin fīlum thread, string
Related forms
file·a·ble, adjective
fil·er, noun
non·fil·er, noun
Synonyms
10. classify, label, catalog, index, list, categorize.
10. classify, label, catalog, index, list, categorize.
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noun
1.
a long, narrow tool of steel or other metal having a series of ridges or points on its surfaces for reducing or smoothing surfaces of metal, wood, etc.
2.
a small, similar tool for trimming and cleaning fingernails; nail file.
3.
British Slang. a cunning, shrewd, or artful person.
verb (used with object)
4.
to reduce, smooth, or remove with or as if with a file.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English fīl, fēol; cognate with German Feile; akin to Greek pikrós sharp
before 900; Middle English; Old English fīl, fēol; cognate with German Feile; akin to Greek pikrós sharp
Related forms
file·a·ble, adjective
fil·er, noun
verb (used with object), filed, fil·ing. Archaic.
to defile; corrupt.
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Word Origin & History
file
"metal tool," O.E. feol (Mercian fil), from P.Gmc. *finkhlo (cf. O.H.G. fila, M.Du. vile, Ger. Feile), probably from PIE *pik-/*peik- "cut" (cf. Skt. pimsati "hews out, carves," L. pingere "to paint," O.C.S. pila "file, saw," Lith. pela "file;" see paint). The verb in this
EXPANDsense is from early 13c. Related: Filed; filing.
COLLAPSE
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Science Dictionary
file  (fīl) Pronunciation Key
A collection of related data or program records stored as a unit with a single name. Files are the basic units that a computer works with in storing and retrieving data. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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