file

verb1 of 2

to submit documents to an authority (e.g., city hall)

• “The soldiers walked down the path in a single file.”Tatoeba
• “The editor can open and save many types of files.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A collection of papers collated and archived together.