Noun
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a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces
used for smoothing wood or metal
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office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
- file cabinet - filing cabinet -
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
- single file - indian file -
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- data file
Verb
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place in a container for keeping records
"File these bills, please"
- file away -
file a formal charge against
"The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
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proceed in line
"The students filed into the classroom"
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smooth with a file
"file one's fingernails"
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record in a public office or in a court of law
"file for divorce"
"file a complaint"