'FILE' definitions:
Definition of 'file'
From: WordNet
noun
A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together [syn: file, data file]
noun
A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other [syn: file, single file, Indian file]
noun
Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order [syn: file, file cabinet, filing cabinet]
noun
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; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" [syn: file, register]
verb
Smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails"
verb
Proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom"
verb
File a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file]
verb
Place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" [syn: file, file away]
Definition of 'File'
From: GCIDE
- File \File\ (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. Enfilade, Filament, Fillet.]
- 1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The number of files in a company describes its width, as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in "fours deep" would be spoken of as 25 files in 4 ranks. --Farrow. (b) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant. (c) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order. [1913 Webster]
- It is upon a file with the duke's other letters. --Shak. (d) A roll or list. "A file of all the gentry." --Shak.
- 2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Let me resume the file of my narration. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (computers) a collection of data on a digital recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording, reading, storage, or indexing; -- such a file is typically accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name. The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded data, or an executable program, or may be itself a collection of other files. [PJC]
- File firing, the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others.
- File leader, the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him.
- File marching, the marching of a line two deep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march side by side. --Brande & C.
- Indian file, or Single file, a line of people marching one behind another; a single row. Also used adverbially; as, to march Indian file.
- On file, preserved in an orderly collection; recorded in some database.
- Rank and file. (a) The body of soldiers constituting the mass of an army, including corporals and privates. --Wilhelm. (b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'File'
From: GCIDE
- File \File\, v. t.
- 1. To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To smooth or polish as with a file. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- File your tongue to a little more courtesy. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'File'
From: GCIDE
- File \File\, v. i. [Cf. F. filer.] (Mil.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off. [1913 Webster]
- To file with, to follow closely, as one soldier after another in file; to keep pace. [1913 Webster]
- My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires, Yet filed with my abilities. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'File'
From: GCIDE
- File \File\ (f[imac]l), n. [AS. fe['o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[imac]la, f[imac]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.]
- 1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. --Akenside. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
- Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- Bastard file, Cross file, etc. See under Bastard, Cross, etc.
- Cross-cut file, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely.
- File blank, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file.
- File cutter, a maker of files.
- Second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard.
- Single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float.
- Smooth file, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'File'
From: GCIDE
- File \File\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filed; p. pr. & vb. n. Filing.]
- 1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers. [1913 Webster]
- I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court. [1913 Webster]
- To file a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in the official custody of the clerk. To file, on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'File'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'file'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- achievement,
- aculeate,
- acuminate,
- alerion,
- alphabetize,
- aluminum oxide,
- ammunition box,
- analyze,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- apply for,
- archives,
- argent,
- ark,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- army,
- army group,
- arrange,
- array,
- articulation,
- ask,
- ask for,
- assort,
- attache case,
- auto polish,
- azure,
- backpack,
- bandeau,
- bandolier,
- bank,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- barb,
- bark,
- baton,
- battalion,
- battery,
- battle group,
- bearings,
- beg leave,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- bespeak,
- bibliography,
- billet,
- billfold,
- bin,
- blank,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- book,
- boot,
- bordure,
- box,
- break down,
- briefcase,
- brigade,
- broad arrow,
- bulletin board,
- bundle away,
- bunker,
- buzz,
- cache,
- cadency mark,
- cadre,
- caisson,
- calendar,
- call for,
- canister,
- canton,
- capsula,
- capsule,
- card,
- card catalog,
- cardcase,
- carton,
- carve,
- case,
- casket,
- catalog,
- catalog card,
- catalogue raisonne,
- categorize,
- catena,
- catenation,
- cedar chest,
- chafe,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- chancery,
- chaplet,
- charge,
- check in,
- chest,
- chevron,
- chief,
- chirograph,
- chronicle,
- chronologize,
- cigarette case,
- cist,
- class,
- classified catalog,
- classify,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- codify,
- coffer,
- coffin,
- cohort,
- colcothar,
- column,
- combat command,
- combat team,
- compact,
- company,
- complete,
- concatenation,
- cone,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continuum,
- coronet,
- corps,
- corundum,
- course,
- crate,
- crave,
- crescent,
- crest,
- crib,
- crocus,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- cuspidate,
- cut,
- cycle,
- data,
- defile,
- demand,
- deposit,
- descent,
- desire,
- detachment,
- detail,
- device,
- difference,
- differencing,
- digest,
- disc,
- dispatch box,
- divide,
- division,
- docket,
- document,
- documentation,
- dossier,
- drone,
- eagle,
- echelon,
- edge,
- emery,
- emery board,
- emery paper,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- engrave,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- enumerate,
- envelope,
- erase,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- erode,
- escutcheon,
- etui,
- falcon,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- field army,
- field train,
- file folder,
- file for,
- file off,
- files,
- filiation,
- filing box,
- filing card,
- filing system,
- fill out,
- film,
- finding list,
- flanch,
- fleur-de-lis,
- flying column,
- folder,
- folio,
- footslog,
- form,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- gall,
- gamut,
- garland,
- garnet,
- garrison,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- go on parade,
- goose-step,
- gradation,
- grade,
- grate,
- grave,
- graze,
- griffin,
- grind,
- group,
- gules,
- gyron,
- handlist,
- hatchment,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- hike,
- holograph,
- holster,
- hone,
- honor point,
- hope chest,
- housewife,
- hum,
- hussy,
- hutch,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- impanel,
- incise,
- indent,
- index,
- index card,
- Indian file,
- inescutcheon,
- information,
- inscribe,
- insert,
- instrument,
- inventory,
- itemize,
- jot down,
- keep score,
- kit,
- kitchen police,
- KP,
- label,
- lay away,
- lay down,
- lay in,
- lay in store,
- legal document,
- legal instrument,
- legal paper,
- legion,
- letter file,
- library catalog,
- line,
- lineage,
- lion,
- list,
- lodge,
- log,
- lozenge,
- magnetic tape,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make a request,
- make a requisition,
- make an entry,
- make application,
- make out,
- maniple,
- mantling,
- march,
- march past,
- mark down,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- matriculate,
- metal,
- microcard,
- microdot,
- microfiche,
- microfilm,
- minute,
- monotone,
- monstrance,
- motion-picture film,
- motto,
- mullet,
- mush,
- nail file,
- nexus,
- nombril point,
- note,
- note down,
- octofoil,
- official document,
- oilstone,
- or,
- order,
- ordinary,
- organization,
- organize,
- orle,
- ostensorium,
- outfit,
- pack away,
- packet,
- packing case,
- pale,
- paly,
- paper,
- papers,
- parade,
- parchment,
- pean,
- pendulum,
- periodicity,
- personal file,
- phalanx,
- pheon,
- phonograph record,
- pigeonhole,
- pigeonholes,
- pillbox,
- place,
- place upon record,
- platoon,
- platter,
- plenum,
- pod,
- point,
- polishes,
- poll,
- portfolio,
- posse,
- post,
- post up,
- powder box,
- powder train,
- program,
- progression,
- promenade,
- pumice,
- pumice stone,
- purpure,
- put away,
- put down,
- put in for,
- put in order,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- queue,
- quiver,
- rack,
- range,
- rank,
- rasp,
- rate,
- raze,
- record,
- recurrence,
- reduce to writing,
- regiment,
- register,
- register office,
- registry,
- reliquary,
- reposit,
- request,
- requisition,
- reservoir,
- reset,
- reticulation,
- roll,
- rose,
- rotation,
- rottenstone,
- rouge,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- run,
- sable,
- salt away,
- salt down,
- saltire,
- sand,
- sandblast,
- sandpaper,
- sarcophagus,
- scabbard,
- scale,
- schedule,
- score,
- scoreboard,
- scorecard,
- scoresheet,
- scour,
- scrape,
- scrip,
- script,
- scroll,
- scrub,
- scuff,
- scutcheon,
- section,
- sequence,
- series,
- set,
- set down,
- sharpen,
- sheath,
- shield,
- shoe polish,
- silicon carbide,
- silver polish,
- single file,
- skin,
- skippet,
- slip,
- snuffbox,
- socket,
- sort,
- spectacle case,
- spectrum,
- spiculate,
- spread eagle,
- spur,
- squad,
- squadron,
- stash,
- store,
- store away,
- stow,
- stow away,
- stow down,
- strap,
- string,
- strop,
- subdivide,
- submit,
- subordinary,
- succession,
- swath,
- systematize,
- tabulate,
- tactical unit,
- take down,
- tally,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- taper,
- task force,
- tea chest,
- tenne,
- thread,
- ticker tape,
- tier,
- till,
- tincture,
- tinderbox,
- torse,
- train,
- tramp,
- tressure,
- troop,
- type,
- unicorn,
- unit,
- vair,
- vanity case,
- vasculum,
- vert,
- videotape,
- walk,
- wallet,
- warehouse,
- wax,
- wear,
- wear away,
- whet,
- whistle for,
- windrow,
- wing,
- wish,
- wreath,
- writ,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up,
- writing,
- yale
Acronyms for 'FILE'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Free Internet Lexicon and Encyclopedia (WWW, DICT)
Words containing 'FILE'
- Filed,
- Filing,
- On file,
- To file with,
- file in,
- file out,
- filings,
- Bastard file,
- Cross file,
- File blank,
- File closer,
- File cutter,
- File firing,
- File leader,
- File marching,
- Flank files,
- Flat file,
- Indian file,
- Jig filing,
- Muster file,
- Rank and file,
- Saw file,
- Single file,
- Smooth file,
- backup file,
- binary file,
- blunt file,
- circular file,
- computer file,
- data file,
- detail file,
- disk file,
- file away,
- file cabinet,
- file clerk,
- file folder,
- file name,
- file server,
- file system,
- filing cabinet,
- filing card,
- filing clerk,
- filing system,
- input file,
- iron filing,
- main file,
- master file,
- metal filing,
- mug file,
- output file,
- round file,
- slitting file,
- swap file,
- taper file,
- text file,
- tickler file,
- transaction file,
- vertical file,
- wood file,
- RolodexR card file,
- ascii text file,
- computer file name,
- cross-file,
- dedicated file server,
- file allocation table,
- file name extension,
- file transfer protocol,
- file-like,
- read-only file,
- Cross-cut file,
- Knife-edge file,
- Second-cut file,
- Single-cut file,
- anonymous file transfer protocol,
- rat-tail file,
- non-dedicated file server