file

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

It is upon a file with the duke's other letters.

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files We'd like to help you learn to help yourself

A roll or list.

a file of all the gentry

A course of thought; a thread of narration.

Let me resume the file of my narration.

An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.

He had created a file for coding to design a new product.

I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.

A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.

Many homes now have double-file kitchens.

To commit (official papers) to some office.

She filed their accounts yesterday.

The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).

(of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.

I filed my copy soon after the interview.

To place in an archive in a logical place and order.

Troves of documents filed away in the depository.

To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

To submit a formal request to some office.

She filed for divorce the next day.

The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.

A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.

The troops marched in Indian file.

A small detachment of soldiers.

One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).