filing
noun
1. the entering of a legal document into the public record
Definition categories: communication, entry, submission
2. a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
Definition categories: object, fragment
3. the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
Definition categories: act, formation, shaping
4. preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
- I have some filing to do
Definition categories: act, storage
Sentences with filing as a noun:
- The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
verb
1. present participle of file