a folder or box for holding loose papers together and in order for easy reference

a file of correspondence

a number of issues and responsibilities relating to a particular policy area

what progress has the Prime Minister made on the unity file?

place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order

the contract, when signed, is filed

he still had the moment filed away in his memory

a line of people or things one behind another

files of tourists stream up the narrow lanes of Mont St Michel

(of a group of people) walk one behind the other, typically in an orderly and solemn manner

the mourners filed into the church

a tool with a roughened surface or surfaces, typically of steel, used for smoothing or shaping a hard material

smooth or shape with a file

never file your nails from the centre to the sides