filing in WordNet English dictionary

1. preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
   "I have some filing to do"
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2. the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
   filing 
   
3. the entering of a legal document into the public record
   "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"
   filing 
   
4. a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
   filing