file

file1 [ faıl ] noun count ***

1. ) a set of papers, documents, or records that you keep because they contain information:

The insurance company may want to check your medical files.

file on: The police file on this particular case has now been closed.

keep/hold a file on something/someone: The company keeps personal files on all its employees.

on file (=kept in a file): We have all your details on file.

a ) a set of information on a computer:

First, you have to create a new file.

I've forgotten the file name.

2. ) a box or container in which papers are kept together

3. ) a metal tool used for making wood or metal smooth

4. ) a line of people walking or standing behind each other

file

file 2 [ faıl ] verb **

1. ) transitive to put a document into a container with other documents:

Please file the invoices in chronological order.

file something under something: Letters of complaint are filed under problems.

2. ) intransitive if people file somewhere, they walk there in a line:

The soldiers filed past the podium.

file into/across etc.: Students were filing into the lecture hall.

3. ) file or file down transitive to rub something with a metal tool in order to make it smooth or to cut it:

She sat quietly filing her nails.

file through something: They had somehow managed to file through the metal bars.

4. ) transitive to take official action, for example to make an official complaint:

The family has filed a lawsuit against the company.

a ) to send something official, for example a report to a newspaper

,file a`way phrasal verb transitive

to put a document away in a file:

All the relevant documents are filed away with the property deeds.

,file `down phrasal verb transitive

same as FILE 2 3:

File the edges down in order to give a smooth finish.

`file for phrasal verb transitive

file for something to officially ask a court for something, for example ask them to give you a DIVORCE or state officially that you are BANKRUPT