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Etymology 1

Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin filum (“thread”).

Noun

file (plural files)

  1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
  2. A roll or list.
  3. Course of thought; thread of narration.
  4. (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
Verb

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
  2. (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order
  3. (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
  4. (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.

Etymology 2

French file, from filer, “to spin out”, “arrange one behind another”, Latin f?l?re, from filum, “thread”.

Noun

file (plural files)

  1. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.
  2. (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
  3. (chess) 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.
Verb

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (intransitive) To move in a file.

Etymology 3

From Middle English file, fyle, from Old English f?l, f?ol (“file”), from earlier f?il, from Proto-Germanic *finhl?, *finhil? (“file, rasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“to adorn, form”). Cognate with West Frisian file (“file”), Dutch vijl (“file”), German Feile (“file”).

Noun

file (plural files)

  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. (slang, archaic) A cunning or resourceful person.
Verb

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

Etymology 4

From Middle English filen (“to defile”), from Old English f?lan (“to defile, make foul”), from Proto-Germanic *f?lijan? (“to make foul”). More at defile.

Verb

file (third-person singular simple present files, present participle filing, simple past and past participle filed)

  1. (archaic) to defile
  2. to corrupt

Results 281 Words with the letters FILE

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7 letter words with the letters FILE 
6 letter words with the letters FILE 
AFIELD 11
BELIEF 13
BIFLEX 20
DEFILE 11
ELFINS 11
ELFISH 12
FACILE 13
FAILED 11
FAILLE 11
FALSIE 10
FECIAL 13
FELIDS 11
FELINE 11
FERIAL 10
FERLIE 10
FETIAL 10
FICKLE 17
FIDDLE 12
FIELDS 11
FILERS 10
FILETS 10
FILLED 12
FILLER 11
FILLES 11
FILLET 11
FILMED 14
FILMER 13
FILOSE 10
FILTER 10
FIMBLE 16
FINALE 11
FINELY 13
FIPPLE 16
FIZZLE 28
FLIERS 10
FLIEST 10
FLITED 11
FLITES 10
FLOOIE 10
FOIBLE 13
FOILED 11
FOLKIE 14
FUSILE 11
FUTILE 11
IREFUL 11
ITSELF 10
LIEFER 10
LIEFLY 13
LIFERS 10
LIFTED 11
LIFTER 10
OLEFIN 11
PIFFLE 16
PILFER 13
REFILE 10
REFILL 11
REFILM 13
RELIEF 10
RIFELY 12
RIFFLE 13
RIFLED 11
RIFLER 10
RIFLES 10
STIFLE 10
TRIFLE 10
WIFELY 15
5 letter words with the letters FILE 
ELFIN 10
FELID 10
FIELD 10
FILED 10
FILLE 10
FLIED 10
4 letter words with the letters FILE 
FILE 8
LIEF 8
LIFE 8
3 letter words with the letters FILE 
ELF 7
FIE 6
FIL 7
LEI 4
LIE 4
2 letter words with the letters FILE 
EF 5
EL 3
FE 5
FI 5
IF 5
LI 3

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