filed
Put in order
Filed is the past tense of file, which has two main clusters of meaning.
One involves organizing documents by placing them in designated locations for storage or retrieval: She filed the contracts alphabetically.
Legal documents are filed when submitted to courts or agencies: He filed for divorce.
The other sense involves smoothing or shaping with a tool: She filed her nails to a point.
Filed also appears in formations like single file, where people move in a line: The students filed into the auditorium.
Preserved in official records
- archivedStored for posterity
- catalogedEntered into a list
- registeredFormally recorded or enrolled
- recordedCaptured for posterity
logged · indexed · stored · submitted · entered · processed · classified · organized
Civil court proceeding
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- litigationLegal dispute process
attorney · brief · complaint · motion · lawsuit · subpoena · jurisdiction · deposition
Coarse shaping tool
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
- burrsHooked seed coverings
- deburringRemoving machining imperfections
- smoothingReducing irregularities systematically
shaping · sharpening · tool · metal · edges · rough · abrasive · sawing
documented
Preserved in official records
- archivedStored for posterity
- catalogedEntered into a list
- registeredFormally recorded or enrolled
recorded · logged · indexed · stored · submitted · entered · processed · classified · organized · sorted
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
litigation · attorney · brief · complaint · motion · lawsuit · subpoena · jurisdiction · deposition · injunction
rasp
Coarse shaping tool
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
- burrsHooked seed coverings
- deburringRemoving machining imperfections
smoothing · shaping · sharpening · tool · metal · edges · rough · abrasive · sawing · cutting
manicure
Cosmetic fingertip grooming
- emery boardAbrasive grooming strip
- buffedRubbed to shine
- shapedGiven a particular form
cuticle · grooming · smoothed · trimmed · polished · pedicure · fingernails · toenails · salon · beauty
marched
Walked in procession
queued · processed · orderly · ceremony · exited · entered · rows · aisle · formation · solemnly
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- storedstored, warehoused, stashed, stowed, kept
- blade sharpnesssharp, dull, blunt, keen, razor-sharp
- organizedorganized, ordered, arranged, sorted, classified
- documentedfilmed, photographed, recorded, written, logged
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
filedwithdrawn
Emotionally distant, disengaged
dismissed · retracted · dropped · unsubmitted · withheld
filedroughened
Made less smooth
textured · coarsened · unsmoothed · serrated · unpolished
- single fileOne-person-wide formation
- nail fileKeratin-smoothing abrasive strip
- filing cabinetFurniture for organized papers
- on fileStored for retrieval
- file cabinetFurniture for storing documents
- file folderTabbed paper container
file, profile, files, filing, profiling, profiled, unfiled, defiled, filer