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file

1  [fahyl] noun, verb, filed, fil⋅ing.
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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.
4. a line of persons or things arranged one behind another (distinguished from rank ).
5. Military.
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. a 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.
–verb (used without object)
12. 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.
—Idiom
14. on file, arranged in order for convenient reference; in a file: The names are on file in the office.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME filen < MF filer to string documents on a thread or wire, OF: to wind or spin thread < LL fīlāre, v. deriv. of L fīlum thread, string

Related forms:
file⋅a⋅ble, adjective
filer, noun

Synonyms:
10. classify, label, catalog, index, list, categorize.

file

2  [fahyl] noun, verb, filed, fil⋅ing.
–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:
bef. 900; ME; OE fīl, fēol; c. G Feile; akin to Gk pikrós sharp

Related forms:
file⋅a⋅ble, adjective
filer, noun

file

3  [fahyl]
–verb (used with object), filed, fil⋅ing. Archaic.
to defile; corrupt.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE fȳlan to befoul, defile, deriv. of fūl foul
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file 1   (fīl)   
n.  
  1. A container, such as a cabinet or folder, for keeping papers in order.
  2. A collection of papers or published materials kept or arranged in convenient order.
  3. Computer Science A collection of related data or program records stored as a unit with a single name.
    1. A line of persons, animals, or things positioned one behind the other.
    2. A line of troops or military vehicles so positioned.
  5. Games Any of the rows of squares that run forward and backward between players on a playing board in chess or checkers.
  6. Archaic A list or roll.
v.   filed, fil·ing, files

v.   tr.
  1. To put or keep (papers, for example) in useful order for storage or reference.
  2. To enter (a legal document) on public official record.
  3. To send or submit (copy) to a newspaper.
  4. To carry out the first stage of (a lawsuit, for example): filed charges against my associate.
v.   intr.
  1. To march or walk in a line.
  2. To put items in a file.
  3. To make application; apply: filed for a job with the state; file for a divorce.
  4. To enter one's name in a political contest: filed for Congress.

[From Middle English filen, to put documents on file, from Old French filer, to spin thread, to put documents on a thread, from Late Latin fīlāre, to spin, draw out in a long line, from Latin fīlum, thread; see gwhī- in Indo-European roots.]
file 2   (fīl)   
n.  
  1. Any of several hardened steel tools with cutting ridges for forming, smoothing, or reducing especially metallic surfaces.
  2. A nail file.
  3. Chiefly British A crafty or artful person.
tr.v.   filed, fil·ing, files
To smooth, reduce, or remove with or as if with a file.

[Middle English, from Old English fīl; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]
file 3   (fīl)   
tr.v.   filed, fil·ing, files Archaic
To sully or defile.

[Middle English filen, from Old English fȳlan; see p- in Indo-European roots.]
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