filing

Plural: filings

Noun

• A tiny particle removed by grinding or scraping with a file.
• the entering of a legal document into the public record
• a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
• the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
• preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
  • "I have some filing to do"
• Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
• The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
• Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

Verb

• record in a public office or in a court of law
• smooth with a file
• proceed in line
• file a formal charge against
• place in a container for keeping records
• present participle and gerund of file

Examples

• Even a small filing, like an ’S’ hook, can drastically change a Scrabble score.
• The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.

Synonyms

charge, file, file away, lodge, register

Related Words

filling, fine