Fill vs. File

Fillverb

(transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.

Fillverb

(transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.

Fillverb

To enter (something), making it full.

Fillverb

(intransitive) To become full.

Fillverb

(intransitive) To become pervaded with something.

Fillverb

(transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).

Fillverb

(transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

Fillverb

(transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

Fillverb

(transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

Fillverb

To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

Fillverb

To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

Fillnoun

(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

Fillnoun

An amount that fills a container.

Fillnoun

The filling of a container or area.

Fillnoun

Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

Fillnoun

(archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

Fillnoun

An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

Fillnoun

(music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

Fillnoun

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Fillnoun

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Fillnoun

A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.

Fillnoun

That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

Fillverb

To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.

Fillverb

To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.

Fillverb

To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

Fillverb

To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.

Fillverb

To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.

Fillverb

To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails.

Fillverb

To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.

Fillverb

To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.

Fillverb

To fill a cup or glass for drinking.

Fillnoun

a quantity sufficient to satisfy;

Fillnoun

any material that fills a space or container;

Fillverb

make full, also in a metaphorical sense;

Fillverb

become full;

Fillverb

occupy the whole of;

Fillverb

assume, as of positions or roles;

Fillverb

fill or meet a want or need

Fillverb

appoint someone to (a position or a job)

Fillverb

eat until one is sated;

Fillverb

fill to satisfaction;

Fillverb

plug with a substance;

Filenoun

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

Filenoun

A roll or list.

Filenoun

Course of thought; thread of narration.

Filenoun

(computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.

Filenoun

A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.

Filenoun

(military) A small detachment of soldiers.

Filenoun

(chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.

Filenoun

A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.

Filenoun

A cunning or resourceful person.

Fileverb

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

Fileverb

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

Fileverb

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

Fileverb

To submit a formal request to some office.

Fileverb

To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.

Fileverb

(intransitive) To move in a file.

Fileverb

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

Fileverb

(archaic) to defile

Fileverb

to corrupt

Filenoun

An orderly succession; a line; a row

Filenoun

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.

Filenoun

Course of thought; thread of narration.

Filenoun

A roll or list.

Filenoun

a collection of data on a digital recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording, reading, storage, or indexing; - such a file is typically accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name. The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded data, or an executable program, or may be itself a collection of other files.

Filenoun

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.

Filenoun

Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.

Filenoun

A shrewd or artful person.

Fileverb

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.

Fileverb

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

Fileverb

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.

Fileverb

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

Fileverb

To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.

Fileverb

To smooth or polish as with a file.

Fileverb

To make foul; to defile.

Filenoun

a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

Filenoun

a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

Filenoun

office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order

Filenoun

a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal

Fileverb

record in a public office or in a court of law;

Fileverb

smooth with a file;

Fileverb

proceed in line;

Fileverb

file a formal charge against;

Fileverb

place in a container for keeping records;