file

Noun

• a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal

• office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order

• a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

• a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

Verb

• place in a container for keeping records
  • File these bills, please
    

• file a formal charge against
  • The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
    

• proceed in line
  • The students filed into the classroom
    

• smooth with a file
  • file one's fingernails
    

• record in a public office or in a court of law
  • file for divorce
    
  • file a complaint
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  file cabinet , filing cabinet , single file , Indian file , data file , file away , charge , lodge , register