Definitions
1.verbTo commit (official papers) to some office.
2.verbTo place in an archive in a logical place and order
3.verbTo store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
4.verb(with for) To submit a formal request to some office."She filed for divorce the next day."
5.verbTo set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
6.verbTo move in a file."The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full."
7.verbTo smooth, grind, or cut with a file."I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring."
8.verbTo defile
9.verbTo corrupt
10.nounAny particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving."The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part."
11.nounThe act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
12.nounSomething that has been officially filed; a document on file.