file
verb
- store documents
- paperwork, seek, claim, call for
- walk in a straight line
noun
- type of tool
- folder to organize a collection of papers
- standard Unix program for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file
- computer file
- paperwork, seek, claim, call for
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /faɪl/ / [faɪ̯(ə)ɫ]
name
- 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”).
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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”
- To corrupt.