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file

verb

  1. store documents
  2. paperwork, seek, claim, call for
  3. walk in a straight line
L5766 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. type of tool
  2. folder to organize a collection of papers
  3. standard Unix program for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file
  4. computer file
  5. paperwork, seek, claim, call for
L853 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /faɪl/ / [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ]

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English file, fyle, from Old English fēl, fēol (“file”), from earlier fīil, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō, *finhilō (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to adorn, form”). Cognate with West Frisian file (“file”), Dutch vijl (“file”), German Feile (“file”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fil (“file”), Icelandic þjöl (“rasp, file”).

  1. A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.
  2. A cunning or resourceful person.

    Will is an old file, in spite of his smooth face.

    The greatest character among them was that of a Pickpocket, or, in truer language, a File.

  3. A pickpocket.

    The greatest character among them was that of a pickpocket, or, in their language, a file.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English filen (“to defile”), from Old English fȳlan (“to defile, make foul”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (“to make foul”). More at defile.

  1. To defile.

    I cannot thinke […] So true a bird would file ſo faire a neſt, […]

    for Banquo's issue have I fil'd my mind

  2. To corrupt.