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English Thesaurus
1. a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | hand tool, |
definition | : | a tool used with workers' hands (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | blunt file, |
definition | : | a file with parallel edges (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | flat file, |
definition | : | a file with two flat surfaces (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | nailfile, |
definition | : | a small flat file for shaping the nails (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | rasp, wood file, |
definition | : | a coarse file with sharp pointed projections (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | rat-tail file, |
definition | : | a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | round file, |
definition | : | a file with a circular cross section; used to file the inside of holes (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | taper file, |
definition | : | a file with converging edges (noun.artifact) |
part holonym | : | haft, helve, |
definition | : | the handle of a weapon or tool (noun.artifact) |
2. office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | office furniture, |
definition | : | furniture intended for use in an office (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | vertical file, |
definition | : | a file in which records are stored upright on one edge (noun.artifact) |
3. a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | record, |
definition | : | anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | computer file, |
definition | : | (computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | mug book, mug file, |
definition | : | a file of mug shots (pictures of criminals that are kept on file by the police) (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | tickler, tickler file, |
definition | : | a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | combined dna index system, |
definition | : | the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (noun.communication) |
4. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other (noun.group)
hypernym | : | line, |
definition | : | a formation of people or things one behind another (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | snake dance, |
definition | : | a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | column, |
definition | : | a line of units following one after another (noun.group) |
5. file a formal charge against (verb.communication)
hyponym | : | impeach, |
definition | : | charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office (verb.communication) |
6. place in a container for keeping records (verb.communication)
hypernym | : | enter, put down, record, |
definition | : | make a record of; set down in permanent form (verb.communication) |
7. record in a public office or in a court of law (verb.communication)
hypernym | : | register, |
definition | : | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | trademark, |
definition | : | register the trademark of (verb.communication) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
8. smooth with a file (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | smooth, smoothen, |
definition | : | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing (verb.contact) |
entail | : | rub, |
definition | : | move over something with pressure (verb.contact) |
9. proceed in line (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | march, process, |
definition | : | march in a procession (verb.motion) |
10. office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | charge, file, lodge, |
definition | : | file a formal charge against (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, file away, |
definition | : | place in a container for keeping records (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, register, |
definition | : | record in a public office or in a court of law (verb.communication) |
11. a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication)
derivation | : | charge, file, lodge, |
definition | : | file a formal charge against (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, file away, |
definition | : | place in a container for keeping records (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, register, |
definition | : | record in a public office or in a court of law (verb.communication) |
12. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other (noun.group)
derivation | : | file, |
definition | : | proceed in line (verb.motion) |
13. file a formal charge against (verb.communication)
derivation | : | data file, file, |
definition | : | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | charge, complaint, |
definition | : | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | lodgement, lodgment, |
definition | : | bringing a charge or accusation against someone (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | filer, |
definition | : | a party who files a notice with a law court (noun.person) |
14. place in a container for keeping records (verb.communication)
derivation | : | filing, |
definition | : | preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. (noun.act) |
derivation | : | data file, file, |
definition | : | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication) |
15. record in a public office or in a court of law (verb.communication)
derivation | : | register, registry, |
definition | : | an official written record of names or events or transactions (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | data file, file, |
definition | : | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | filing, |
definition | : | the entering of a legal document into the public record (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | register, |
definition | : | a book in which names and transactions are listed (noun.possession) |
16. smooth with a file (verb.contact)
derivation | : | filing, |
definition | : | the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object) (noun.act) |
17. proceed in line (verb.motion)
also | : | file in, |
definition | : | enter by marching in a file (verb.motion) |
also | : | file out, |
definition | : | march out, in a file (verb.motion) |
18. office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | charge, file, lodge, |
definition | : | file a formal charge against (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, file away, |
definition | : | place in a container for keeping records (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, register, |
definition | : | record in a public office or in a court of law (verb.communication) |
19. a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication)
derivation | : | charge, file, lodge, |
definition | : | file a formal charge against (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, file away, |
definition | : | place in a container for keeping records (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | file, register, |
definition | : | record in a public office or in a court of law (verb.communication) |
20. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other (noun.group)
derivation | : | file, |
definition | : | proceed in line (verb.motion) |
21. file a formal charge against (verb.communication)
derivation | : | data file, file, |
definition | : | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | charge, complaint, |
definition | : | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | lodgement, lodgment, |
definition | : | bringing a charge or accusation against someone (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | filer, |
definition | : | a party who files a notice with a law court (noun.person) |
22. place in a container for keeping records (verb.communication)
derivation | : | filing, |
definition | : | preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. (noun.act) |
derivation | : | data file, file, |
definition | : | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication) |
23. record in a public office or in a court of law (verb.communication)
derivation | : | register, registry, |
definition | : | an official written record of names or events or transactions (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | data file, file, |
definition | : | a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | filing, |
definition | : | the entering of a legal document into the public record (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | register, |
definition | : | a book in which names and transactions are listed (noun.possession) |
24. smooth with a file (verb.contact)
derivation | : | filing, |
definition | : | the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object) (noun.act) |
25. proceed in line (verb.motion)
also | : | file in, |
definition | : | enter by marching in a file (verb.motion) |
also | : | file out, |
definition | : | march out, in a file (verb.motion) |
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