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filing   (TTS Sound)

The noun filing has 4 senses

• filing -- (the entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return")


• filing -- (a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file)


• filing -- (the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object))


• filing -- (preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do")

The verb file has 5 senses

• file, register -- (record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint")


• file -- (smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails")


• file -- (proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom")


• charge, lodge, file -- (file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife")


• file, file away -- (place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please")