File Meaning and Definition

Word: File

How to pronounce: faɪl

Noun

Definitions:

1. A folder or box for holding loose papers that are typically arranged in a particular order for easy reference.

Example sentences: "A file of correspondence"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order for preservation and easy reference.

Example sentences: "The contract, when signed, is filed"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A line of people or things one behind another.

Example sentences: "Plains Cree warriors riding in file down the slopes"

Verb

Definitions:

1. (of a group of people) walk one behind the other, typically in an orderly and solemn manner.

Example sentences: "The mourners filed into the church"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A tool with a roughened surface or surfaces, typically of steel, used for smoothing or shaping a hard material.

Example sentences: "It is possible to make the necessary notch with a file"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Smooth or shape (something) with a file.

Example sentences: "When I have nothing else to do, I file my nails"

Noun

Definitions:

1. Pounded or powdered sassafras leaves used to flavor and thicken soup, especially gumbo.

Example sentences: "Likewise filé powder made from the dried leaves of the sassafras tree would be added during the final stages of cooking to give the gumbo a ‘stringy’ texture."

Synonyms:

archive

folder

library

filing cabinet

files

rasp

include file

lodge

register

string

Antonyms:

take

Derivations:

filing

filer

filed

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File in Other Languages...

Spanish: File

German: Datei

French: Fichier

Italian: File

Turkish: Dosya