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Pronunciation: /fʌɪl/

noun

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

verb

[with object]
  • smooth or shape with a file: never file your nails from the centre to the sides
  • (file something away/off) remove something by grinding it off with a file.

Derivatives

filer

noun

Origin:

Old English fīl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijl and German Feile