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Synonyms for file
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : faɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for file Other synonyms for the word file
- abrade
- alphabetize
- arrange
- burnish
- cabinet
- catalog
- catalogue
- categorize
- census
- charts
- circular file
- classify
- deposit
- docket
- document
- documents
- echelon
- erode
- finish
- furbish
- grate
- index
- level
- notebook
- parade
- pigeonhole
- polish
- portfolio
- rank
- rasp
- raze
- record
- refine
- register
- repository
- row
- scrape
- shape
- sharpen
- slot
- smooth
- string
- tabulate
- tier
- troop
Définition of file
Origin :- "to place (papers) in consecutive order for future reference," mid-15c., from Middle French filer "string documents on a wire for preservation or reference," from fil "thread, string" (12c.), from Latin filum "a thread, string," from PIE *gwhis-lom (cf. Armenian jil "sinew, string, line," Lithuanian gysla "vein, sinew," Old Church Slavonic zila "vein"), from root *gwhi- "thread, tendon." The notion is of documents hung up on a line.
- File (filacium) is a threed or wyer, whereon writs, or other exhibits in courts, are fastened for the better keeping of them. [Cowel, "The Interpreter," 1607]
- Methods have become more sophisticated, but the word has stuck. Related: Filed; filing.
- noun system of order, placement for ease of use
- noun line, queue
- verb put in place, order
- verb rub down, grind
- If you were envied, why should you sharpen envy, and file up its teeth to an edge?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- A complete list of the changes made is appended at the end of the file.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
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- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- During the night he managed to file the brass of his bedstead.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Several dozen ogres were sitting around the cave in rank and file.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- He then took from the file one of the Venetian glasses of clouded white.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- If the ould Governor's got a tongue like a file, Philip's got a tongue like a scythe—he'll mow them down.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- And the same day a noise of hammer and file at work was heard in the smithy.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- That's the rank and file—very rank, I should say, most of them.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- The bloody accounts are stirring the rank and file of our army terribly.
- Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
Antonyms for file
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