Canadian English Meaning of file
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Definitions and Meaning of file in English
file (n)
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
file (v)
record in a public office or in a court of law
smooth with a file
proceed in line
file a formal charge against
place in a container for keeping records
file (n.)
An orderly succession; a line; a row
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.
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.
The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.
A roll or list.
Course of thought; thread of narration.
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.
Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.
A shrewd or artful person.
file (v. t.)
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.
To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill.
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.
To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
To smooth or polish as with a file.
To make foul; to defile.
file (v. i.)
To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.
FAQs About the word file
file
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together, a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other, office furniture consisting of a
grind,polish,Rub,sand,scrape,sharpen,buff,hone,plane,rasp
rough (up),roughen,Roughen,Scuff mark
filchingly => filchingly, filching => stealing, filcher => pickpocket, filched => pinched, filch => steal,
