File

English Meaning

An orderly succession; a line; a row

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.
4. A line of persons, animals, or things positioned one behind the other.
5. A line of troops or military vehicles so positioned.
6. Games Any of the rows of squares that run forward and backward between players on a playing board in chess or checkers.
7. Archaic A list or roll.
8. To put or keep (papers, for example) in useful order for storage or reference.
9. To enter (a legal document) on public official record.
10. To send or submit (copy) to a newspaper.
11. To carry out the first stage of (a lawsuit, for example): filed charges against my associate.
12. To march or walk in a line.
13. To put items in a file.
14. To make application; apply: filed for a job with the state; file for a divorce.
15. To enter one's name in a political contest: filed for Congress.
16. on file In or as if in a file for easy reference: We will keep your resumé on file.
17. Any of several hardened steel tools with cutting ridges for forming, smoothing, or reducing especially metallic surfaces.
18. A nail file.
19. Chiefly British A crafty or artful person.
20. To smooth, reduce, or remove with or as if with a file.
21. Archaic To sully or defile.