file
/faɪl/ noun C2- A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern. · The troops marched in Indian file.
- A small detachment of soldiers.
- One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
Plural files
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I made myself some; and with the exception of a file, I have all that are necessary,—a chisel, pincers, and lever.”
I have not moved it since the day I was married, and it would have taken a file to get it off.
de Villefort’s house, and a long file of mourning-coaches and private carriages extended along the Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the Rue de la Pépinière.
## The Viper and the File
Other matches
- file A collection of papers collated and archived to... A1
- file To commit B2
- file To move in a file. C2
- file To smooth, grind, or cut with a file. C2
- file To corrupt. C2
- file A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened... C2
- file away To store in a file
- file down To reduce the size of something by filing
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