amerikai:
brit:
1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
2. A roll or list.
3. Course of thought; thread of narration.
4. An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.
1. To commit (official papers) to some office.
2. To place in an archive in a logical place and order
3. To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
4. (with for) To submit a formal request to some office.
She filed for divorce the next day.
5. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
1. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.
The troops marched in Indian file.
2. A small detachment of soldiers.
3. One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.
1. To move in a file.
The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.
1. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
2. A cunning or resourceful person.
1. To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
1. To defile
2. To corrupt