Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

    The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.

    Span

    опи́лкаopílka, стру́жкаstrúžka

  2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

    Archivierung

  3. Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

More definitions
  • preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
  • the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
  • the entering of a legal document into the public record
  • a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Show me your new filing system.

  2. I'm seriously considering filing for divorce.

  3. Tom walked over to the filing cabinet.

    deTom ging zum Aktenschrank. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I heard Tom is filing for divorce.

  5. Recently, Tom got a new filing cabinet for his office.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving:
act of storing documents in an archive; archiving:
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