file

Meanings

• 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
• record in a public office or in a court of law
  • "file for divorce"
  • "file a complaint"
• smooth with a file
  • "file one's fingernails"
• proceed in line
  • "The students filed into the classroom"
• file a formal charge against
• place in a container for keeping records
  • "File these bills, please"

Synonyms

charge, data file, file away, file cabinet, filing cabinet, Indian file, lodge, register, single file