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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
File \File\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Filed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filing}.]
1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.
I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed. --Beau. & Fl.
2. To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. --Burrill.
3. (Law) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.
To file a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in the official custody of the clerk. To file, on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern. --Burrill.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
File \File\ (f[imac]l), noun [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. {Enfilade}, {Filament}, {Fillet}.]
1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to {rank}, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.
Note: The number of files in a company describes its width, as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in ''fours deep'' would be spoken of as 25 files in 4 ranks. --Farrow. (b) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant. (c) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.
It is upon a file with the duke's other letters. --Shak. (d) A roll or list. ''A file of all the gentry.'' --Shak.
2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.]
Let me resume the file of my narration. --Sir H. Wotton.
3. (computers) a collection of data on a digital recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording, reading, storage, or indexing; -- such a file is typically accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name. The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded data, or an executable program, or may be itself a collection of other files. [PJC]
{File firing}, the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others.
{File leader}, the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him.
{File marching}, the marching of a line two deep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march side by side. --Brande & C.
{Indian file}, or {Single file}, a line of people marching one behind another; a single row. Also used adverbially; as, to march Indian file.
{On file}, preserved in an orderly collection; recorded in some database.
{Rank and file}. (a) The body of soldiers constituting the mass of an army, including corporals and privates. --Wilhelm. (b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
File \File\, verb (used without an object) [Cf. F. filer.] (Mil.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.
{To file with}, to follow closely, as one soldier after another in file; to keep pace.
My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires, Yet filed with my abilities. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
File \File\ (f[imac]l), noun [AS. fe['o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[=i]la, f[=i]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.]
1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.
Note: A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch.
2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.
Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. --Akenside.
3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] --Fielding.
Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face. --Thackeray.
{Bastard file}, {Cross file}, etc. See under {Bastard}, {Cross}, etc.
{Cross-cut file}, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely.
{File blank}, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file.
{File cutter}, a maker of files.
{Second-cut file}, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard.
{Single-cut file}, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float.
{Smooth file}, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
File \File\, verb (used with an object)
1. To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
2. To smooth or polish as with a file. --Shak.
File your tongue to a little more courtesy. --Sir W. Scott.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
File \File\, verb (used with an object) [OE. fulen, filen, foulen, AS. f?lan, fr. f?l foul. See {Foul}, and cf. {Defile}, verb (used with an object)] To make foul; to defile. [Obs.]
All his hairy breast with blood was filed. --Spenser.
For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
file
noun
1: a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together [syn: {data file}]
2: a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other [syn: {single file}, {Indian file}]
3: office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order [syn: {file cabinet}, {filing cabinet}]
4: a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
verb
1: record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" [syn: {register}]
2: smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails"
3: proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom"
4: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: {charge}, {lodge}]
5: place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" [syn: {file away}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
529 Moby Thesaurus words for "file": Indian file, KP, ablate, abrade, abrase, achievement, aculeate, acuminate, alerion, alphabetize, aluminum oxide, ammunition box, analyze, animal charge, annulet, apply for, archives, argent, ark, armorial bearings, armory, arms, army, army group, arrange, array, articulation, ask, ask for, assort, attache case, auto polish, azure, backpack, bandeau, bandolier, bank, bar, bar sinister, barb, bark, baton, battalion, battery, battle group, bearings, beg leave, bend, bend sinister, bespeak, bibliography, billet, billfold, bin, blank, blazon, blazonry, book, boot, bordure, box, break down, briefcase, brigade, broad arrow, bulletin board, bundle away, bunker, buzz, cache, cadency mark, cadre, caisson, calendar, call for, canister, canton, capsula, capsule, card, card catalog, cardcase, carton, carve, case, casket, catalog, catalog card, catalogue raisonne, categorize, catena, catenation, cedar chest, chafe, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chalk, chalk up, chancery, chaplet, charge, check in, chest, chevron, chief, chirograph, chronicle, chronologize, cigarette case, cist, class, classified catalog, classify, coat of arms, cockatrice, codify, coffer, coffin, cohort, colcothar, column, combat command, combat team, compact, company, complete, concatenation, cone, connection, consecution, continuum, coronet, corps, corundum, course, crate, crave, crescent, crest, crib, crocus, cross, cross moline, crown, cuspidate, cut, cycle, data, defile, demand, deposit, descent, desire, detachment, detail, device, difference, differencing, digest, disc, dispatch box, divide, division, docket, document, documentation, dossier, drone, eagle, echelon, edge, emery, emery board, emery paper, endless belt, endless round, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, enumerate, envelope, erase, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, erode, escutcheon, etui, falcon, fess, fess point, field, field army, field train, file folder, file for, file off, files, filiation, filing box, filing card, filing system, fill out, film, finding list, flanch, fleur-de-lis, flying column, folder, folio, footslog, form, fray, frazzle, fret, fur, fusil, gall, gamut, garland, garnet, garrison, gnaw, gnaw away, go on parade, goose-step, gradation, grade, grate, grave, graze, griffin, grind, group, gules, gyron, handlist, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, hike, holograph, holster, hone, honor point, hope chest, housewife, hum, hussy, hutch, impalement, impaling, impanel, incise, indent, index, index card, inescutcheon, information, inscribe, insert, instrument, inventory, itemize, jot down, keep score, kit, kitchen police, label, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, legal document, legal instrument, legal paper, legion, letter file, library catalog, line, lineage, lion, list, lodge, log, lozenge, magnetic tape, make a memorandum, make a note, make a request, make a requisition, make an entry, make application, make out, maniple, mantling, march, march past, mark down, marshaling, martlet, mascle, matriculate, metal, microcard, microdot, microfiche, microfilm, minute, monotone, monstrance, motion-picture film, motto, mullet, mush, nail file, nexus, nombril point, note, note down, octofoil, official document, oilstone, or, order, ordinary, organization, organize, orle, ostensorium, outfit, pack away, packet, packing case, pale, paly, paper, papers, parade, parchment, pean, pendulum, periodicity, personal file, phalanx, pheon, phonograph record, pigeonhole, pigeonholes, pillbox, place, place upon record, platoon, platter, plenum, pod, point, polishes, poll, portfolio, posse, post, post up, powder box, powder train, program, progression, promenade, pumice, pumice stone, purpure, put away, put down, put in for, put in order, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, quarter, quartering, queue, quiver, rack, range, rank, rasp, rate, raze, record, recurrence, reduce to writing, regiment, register, register office, registry, reliquary, reposit, request, requisition, reservoir, reset, reticulation, roll, rose, rotation, rottenstone, rouge, round, routine, row, rub away, rub off, rub out, run, sable, salt away, salt down, saltire, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, sarcophagus, scabbard, scale, schedule, score, scoreboard, scorecard, scoresheet, scour, scrape, scrip, script, scroll, scrub, scuff, scutcheon, section, sequence, series, set, set down, sharpen, sheath, shield, shoe polish, silicon carbide, silver polish, single file, skin, skippet, slip, snuffbox, socket, sort, spectacle case, spectrum, spiculate, spread eagle, spur, squad, squadron, stash, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, strap, string, strop, subdivide, submit, subordinary, succession, swath, systematize, tabulate, tactical unit, take down, tally, tape, tape-record, taper, task force, tea chest, tenne, thread, ticker tape, tier, till, tincture, tinderbox, torse, train, tramp, tressure, troop, type, unicorn, unit, vair, vanity case, vasculum, vert, videotape, walk, wallet, warehouse, wax, wear, wear away, whet, whistle for, windrow, wing, wish, wreath, writ, write, write down, write in, write out, write up, writing, yale
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
file An element of data storage in a {file system}. The history of computing is rich in varied kinds of files and {file systems}, whether ornate (e.g., {Macintosh file system} for a well-known case) or deficient (e.g., many simple pre-1980s file systems don't allow {directories}). However, the prototypical file has these characteristics: * It is a single sequence of bytes (but consider {Macintosh} {resource forks}). * It has a finite length, unlike, e.g. a {Unix} {device}. * It is stored in a {non-volatile storage} medium (but see {ramdrive}). * It exists (nominally) in a {directory}. * It has a name that it can be referred to by in file operations, possibly in combination with its {path}. Additionally, a file system may associate other information with a file, such as {permission} bits or other {file attributes}; timestamps for file creation, last revision, and last access; revision numbers (a' la VMS), and other kinds of {magic}. (1997-04-08)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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