file in Kashmiri कॉशुर
file in Konkani कोंकणी
file in Sindhi سنڌي
file in Telugu తెలుగు
file in Urdu اُردُو
file in English
- file⇄expr. file on (or upon), (U.S.) to enter on or occupy (unclaimed land).
Ex. Having filed on the quarter of vacant land adjoining me, of course I had to move over there (W. F. Drannan). - file⇄expr. in file, one after another; in succession.
Ex. Ships sailing in file. The men were standing in silent file on each side of it (Elisha K. Kane). The ants ... changed their course, and in narrow file reascended the wall (Charles Darwin). - file⇄expr. on file, in a file; put away and kept in order.
Ex. The principal keeps all our school reports on file. - file⇄file (1), noun, verb, filed,filing.
- file⇄file (2), noun, verb, filed,filing.
- file⇄file (3), transitive verb, filed,filing.
(Dialect.) to pollute; defile. - file⇄file (4), noun.
a cunning, shrewd, or artful person. - file⇄noun a tool of steel or other metal with many small ridges or teeth on it. Its rough surface is used to smooth or wear away hard substances.
Ex. The carpenter's file made a pile of sawdust as he used it to smooth down the edge of a door. - file⇄noun 1a. a place for keeping papers in order; container in or on which papers may be placed or arranged for convenient reference or storage.
Ex. Put this letter in the main file.
b. a cabinet, shelves, or the like, for storing film or magnet - file⇄v.i. 1. to march or move in a file.
Ex. The pupils filed out of the room during the fire drill. A party of Americans filed into his studio (Hawthorne).
2. (U.S.) to make written application for a position, as a candidate, etc. - file⇄v.t. to smooth or wear away (hard substances) with a file.
Ex. to file the teeth of a saw, to file the fingernails. - file⇄v.t. 1. to put away (papers, film, or magnetic tape) in order.
Ex. Please file those letters.
2. to place (a document) among the records of a court, public office, or legislature.
Ex. to file a petition, file a bill. The deed to our ho