1. (n.) An orderly succession; a line; a row

2. (n.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.

3. (n.) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant.

4. (n.) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.

5. (n.) A roll or list.

6. (n.) Course of thought; thread of narration.

7. (v. t.) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.

8. (v. t.) To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill.

9. (v. t.) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.

10. (v. i.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.

11. (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.

12. (n.) Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.

13. (n.) A shrewd or artful person.

14. (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.

15. (v. t.) To smooth or polish as with a file.

16. (v. t.) To make foul; to defile.

Indian file KP ablate abrade abrase achievement aculeate acuminate alerion alphabetize aluminum oxide ammunition box analyze animal charge annulet apply for archives argent ark armorial bearings armory arms army army group arrange array articulation ask ask for assort attache case auto polish azure backpack bandeau bandolier bank bar bar sinister barb bark baton battalion battery battle group bearings beg leave bend bend sinister bespeak bibliography billet billfold bin blank blazon blazonry book boot bordure box break down briefcase brigade broad arrow bulletin board bundle away bunker buzz cache cadency mark cadre caisson calendar call for canister canton capsula capsule card card catalog cardcase carton carve case casket catalog catalog card catalogue raisonne categorize catena catenation cedar chest chafe chain chain reaction chaining chalk chalk up chancery chaplet charge check in chest chevron chief chirograph chronicle chronologize cigarette case cist class classified catalog classify coat of arms cockatrice codify coffer coffin cohort colcothar column combat command combat team compact company complete concatenation cone connection consecution continuum coronet corps corundum course crate crave crescent crest crib crocus cross cross moline crown cuspidate cut cycle data defile demand deposit descent desire detachment detail device difference differencing digest disc dispatch box divide division docket document documentation dossier drone eagle echelon edge emery emery board emery paper endless belt endless round engrave enroll enscroll enter enumerate envelope erase ermine ermines erminites erminois erode escutcheon etui falcon fess fess point field field army field train file folder file for file off files filiation filing box filing card filing system fill out film finding list flanch fleur-de-lis flying column folder folio footslog form fray frazzle fret fur fusil gall gamut garland garnet garrison gnaw gnaw away go on parade goose-step gradation grade grate grave graze griffin grind group gules gyron handlist hatchment helmet heraldic device hike holograph holster hone honor point hope chest housewife hum hussy hutch impalement