file
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
Types & categories
- record hypernym
- computer file hyponym
- mug file hyponym
- tickler hyponym
- Combined DNA Index System instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
record in a public office or in a court of law
file for divorce
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
Types & categories
- line hypernym
- snake dance hyponym
- column hyponym
Related & opposite
- file derivation
Sense 4 verb
smooth with a file
file one's fingernails
Types & categories
- smooth hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
Types & categories
- office furniture hypernym
- card index hyponym
- vertical file hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
proceed in line
The students filed into the classroom
Types & categories
- march hypernym
Related & opposite
- file in also see
- file out also see
- single file derivation
Sense 7 noun
a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
Types & categories
- hand tool hypernym
- blunt file hyponym
- flat file hyponym
- nailfile hyponym
- wood file hyponym
- rat-tail file hyponym
- round file hyponym
- taper file hyponym
Parts & wholes
- haft part meronym
Sense 8 verb
file a formal charge against
The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- file cabinet derivation
- file derivation
- charge derivation
- lodgment derivation
- filer derivation
Sense 9 verb
place in a container for keeping records
File these bills, please
Types & categories
- record hypernym
Related & opposite
- filing derivation
- file cabinet derivation
- file derivation
- file clerk derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lodge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | file away |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | file |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | record |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | computer file |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mug file |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tickler |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Combined DNA Index System |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | file cabinet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | register |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | file |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | register |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | register |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trademark |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | file |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | snake dance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | column |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | filing |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | rub |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | smooth |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lodge |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | file away |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | file |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | office furniture |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | card index |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vertical file |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | file in |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | file out |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | single file |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | march |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | haft |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand tool |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | blunt file |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | flat file |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | nailfile |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | wood file |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rat-tail file |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | round file |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | taper file |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | file cabinet |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | file |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | charge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | lodgment |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | filer |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | criminate |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | impeach |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | filing |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | file cabinet |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | file |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | file clerk |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | record |