File and Shine

File

File verb - To make smooth by friction.
Usage example: beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist

Shine and file are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shine" instead a verb "File".

Nearby Words: filed, filing, filer

Shine

Shine verb - To make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure.
Usage example: the salesman shined his shoes every morning before leaving the house

File and shine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "File" instead a verb "Shine".

Nearby Words: shining, shiny, shiner

How words are described

fresh fresh file fresh shine
original original file original shine
true true file true shine
simple simple file simple shine
Other adjectives: entire, huge, secret, new, final, last, different.

Common collocations

time file time shine time
characters file characters shine characters
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