- filing - the entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"
--1 is a kind of submission, entry
Derived form: verb file1 - filing - a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
--2 is a kind of fragment
--2 has particulars: metal filing- filing - the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
--3 is a kind of formation, shaping
Derived form: verb file2 - filing - preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"
--4 is a kind of storage
Derived form: verb file5 - filing - the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
- file, register - record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
--1 is one way to register
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun file3, noun file1, noun filing1
Somebody ----s something
- file - smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails"
--2 is one way to smooth, smoothen
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun filing3
Somebody ----s something
- file - proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom"
--3 is one way to march, process
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun file2
Somebody ----s PP
- charge, lodge, file - file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
--4 is one way to accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun file3, noun file1, noun filer1
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- file, file away - place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please"
--5 is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun file1, noun file3, noun filer2, noun filing4
They file the newspapers