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way, especially in an office ➔ see also FILING CABINET 2 (on) a collection of papers concerning one subject, stored in this way: Here's our file on the Middle East. | I'll keep your report on file. (=stored in a file) | a confidential file 3 a collection of information for a computer stored under one name on a DISK or CASSETTE: a text file | a data file | a file name
file v [T] 1 ((AWAY]) to put (papers or letters) in a FILE: Please file this letter (away), Mrs Jellaby. 2 law to send in or record officially: They filed an application to have their case heard early. | Charges have been filed against him.
file for sthg. phr v [T] law to request officially: They have filed for a divorce.
fileⁿ [C+sing./pl. v] a line of people one behind the other ➔ see also RANK AND FILE, SINGLE FILE
file v [+adv/prep] to march in a FILE: They filed slowly past the grave of their leader.
'file, cabinet n AmE a FILING CABINET
'file, footage n [U] AmE for LIBRARY PICTURES
fil-et /'fılıt||'fıleɪ, -ler, frı'ler/ n, v AmE for FILLET
fil-et mi-gnon/filer 'mi:njon|fi, ler min'jo:n/ n Fr a small tender piece of BEEF STEAK.
CULTURAL NOTE In the US, filet mignon is considered to be something that rich people eat or that is served only in very expensive restaurants.
fi-li-al /'fılial/ adj fml relating to the relationship of a son or daughter to their parents: filial respect
fil-i-bus-ter /'filəbastər/ v [] to try to delay or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches - filibuster n
fil-i-gree /'filagri:/ n [U] delicate decorative wire work: silver filigree jewellery
'filing, cabinet n a piece of office furniture with drawers, shelves etc for storing FILES
fil-ings /'failinz/ n [P] very small sharp bits that have been rubbed off a metal surface with a FILE: iron filings
fill/'fil/ v 1 (T (with)] to make or become full: The cinema was filling fast. | The apples filled the basket. | She filled the jug to the brim./fill it with water. The wind filled (=swelled out) the sails. 1 (+obj+adj}] You've filled the bath too full. (fig.) Laughter filled the room. (fig.) The thought fills me with dread. 2 [T] to be in or be put into (an office or position): There is no one who can fill the office of president with as much credibility as our candidate. | John's the best person to fill this vacancy. I'm afraid the post has already been filled. (=the job has been given to someone else) 3 [T] to meet the needs or demands of; fulfil: This should fill your requirements nicely. 4 [T] to put a FILLING in (a tooth) 5 fill the bill AmE for fit the bill ➔FİT
fill in phr v 1 [T[fill sthg, in]] to put in (whatever is needed to complete something): You draw the people and the children can fill them in. (=add colour to them) Fill in your name on this cheque. | Please fill in this application form. 2 [T(on) (fill sbdy, in)] to supply the most recent informa- tion to: Could you fill me in on what happened at the meet- ing? 3 ((for)] to take someone's place: Can you fill in for Steve tonight as he's ill? ➔ see also FILL-IN 4 Tfill sthg, in]] to use up (unwanted time): What can we do to fill in the afternoon?
fill out phr v 1 [] to get fatter: Her face is beginning to fill out as she puts on weight 2 (T[fill sthg. out]) especially AmE for fill in (1)
fill up phr v 1 (T (fill sthg, up]] to make or become completely full: The room soon filled up (with people). Fill her up, please. (said to someone putting petrol in one's car) 2 [T[fill sthg, up]] especially BrE to complete (a form) by answering the questions in the spaces provided
fill² n 1 ((of)] a full supply; the quantity needed to fill something 2 one's fill a) as much as one can bear: The children are getting on my nerves - I've had my fill of them for this evening! b) lit as much as one can eat or drink: He drank his fill.
filled 'gold [U] ROLLED GOLD
filler /fils/ n [S:U] 1 a substance that is added to another, to increase the size or weight 2 material used for filling cracks in wood, walls etc before painting 3 AmE written or
drawn material, especially in magazines or newspapers, that is not very important and is only there to complete the page: It seems like half the articles in this magazine are just filler.
fil-let also filet AmE /fılıt|| fılət, -ler, frı'ler/ n a piece of meat or fish without bones, for eating: a fillet steak fillets of sole
fillet also filet AmE-v[T] to remove the bones from (fish): Will you fillet it for me please? | filleted sole
'fill-in n infml someone or something that FILLS in (3): I'm only here as a fill-in while Robert's away.
fill-ing¹ /filin/ n 1 (the material used for) the filling of a hole in a tooth to preserve it from decay: The dentist gave me a temporary filling/a gold filling. | You've got a lot of fill- ings. 2 a food mixture folded inside pastry to make a PIE, bread to make a SANDWICH etc
filling² adj (of food) that makes one's stomach feel full; satisfying
filling, station also petrol station BrE || also gas station AmE-n a place where petrol and oil are sold and repairs to motor vehicles may also be done ➔ compare GARAGE¹
fil-lip /filp/ n [(to)] something that brings encouragement or increases attraction and interest: A valuable order from Japan gave the new company a big fillip.
fil-ly/fil/ n a young female horse ➔ compare COLT
film/film/ n 1 (C:U] (a roll of) material which is sensitive to light and which is used in a camera for taking photographs/ or moving pictures for the cinema: I let some light in while I was loading the film into the camera. | The whole incident was recorded on film. | high-speed film 2 [C] especially BrE || movie especially AmE a story, play etc recorded on film to be shown in the cinema, on television etc: Have you seen any good films lately? a film actor a documentary/news film ➔ see also BLUE FILM, SILENT FILM 3 (5:U) a thin skin of any material: A film of dust/oil formed on the surface of the water. | Cover the food with a piece of plastic film.
film over phr v [1] to become dull, as if covered with FILM: His eyes filmed over, and I thought he was going to cry.
film v1 1 (T) to make a film for the cinema, television etc: We'll be filming all day tomorrow. | We had to film the scene five times before we got it right. 2 [+adv] to be the subject of a cinema picture: The duel scene filmed beautifully in the end.
film-go-er/filmgər/ Bre moviegoer especially AmE — n someone who goes to see films, especially regularly
film-,maker, film-mak-er /film, meikə/ n someone who makes films, especially a DIRECTOR or PRODUCER - film- making n [U]
film noir /film 'nwar/n pl. films noirs (same pronunciation) (C,U a film that deals with subjects such as evil, moral problems etc, often using a story about people involved in a crime and filmed in a way that seems dark or filled with shadows
'film, première /f..../n the first showing of a new cinema film
'film star especially BrE || movie star especially AmE - n a well-known actor or actress in cinema pictures
'film stock [U] cinema film that has not yet been used
film-strip/film, strip/ n a length of photographic film used to PROJECT (=show) photographs, drawings etc separately one after the other as still pictures: an educational filmstrip
film-y /film/ adj (especially of cloth) so fine and thin that one can see through it: filmy mists a filmy silk dress —iness n [U]
Fi-lo-fax /failəfæks/ trademark a type of dairy with LOOSE- LEAF pages for addresses and other useful information. Filofaxes were especially associated with YUPPIES in the 1980s.
fi-lo pas-try/f:ileu 'perstri/ [U] a PASTRY made with extremely thin sheets of DOUGH
fil-ter /filte/n 1 an apparatus containing paper, sand etc through which a liquid or gas can be passed to make it clean or to separate small pieces of solid matter I matter: the oil filter in a car filter paper 2 a (coloured) glass that reduces the quantity quantity or or changes the quality of the light admitted into a camera or TELESCOPE