English Dictionary

file

/faɪl/

verb

(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office. / (transitive) To submit (a story) to a newspaper or similar publication. / (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.

I need to file my taxes before the deadline.

意味（1）

(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.

The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).

意味（2）

(transitive) To submit (a story) to a newspaper or similar publication.

意味（3）

(transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.

意味（4）

(transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

意味（5）

(intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.

She filed for divorce the next day.

意味（6）

(transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.

I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed.