Filed Meaning and Definition

Word: Filed

How to pronounce: faɪlz

Noun

Definitions:

1. A folder or box for holding loose papers together and in order for easy reference.

Example sentences: "A file of correspondence"

2. A number of issues and responsibilities relating to a particular policy area.

Verb

Definitions:

1. Place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order.

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

Noun

Definitions:

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

Example sentences: "Files of tourists stream up the narrow lanes of Mont St Michel"

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: "Sandersons was situated on the Cutlery Road and was involved in the production of tools, saws, files etc."

Verb

Definitions:

1. Smooth or shape with a file.

Example sentences: "Never file your nails from the centre to the sides"

Noun

Definitions:

1. Pounded or powdered sassafras leaves used to flavour 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

library

file

filing cabinet

cardfile

Antonyms:

take

Derivations:

filing

filer

file

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Filed in Other Languages...

Spanish: File

German: Angemeldet

French: Déposer

Italian:

Turkish: Dosyalamak