filing
noun
[ ˈfʌɪlɪŋ ]
• a small particle rubbed off by a file when smoothing or shaping something.
• "iron filings"
file
verb
• place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order.
• "the contract, when signed, is filed"
Similar:
categorize,
classify,
organize,
put in place,
put in order,
order,
arrange,
catalogue,
tabulate,
index,
pigeonhole,
put on record,
record,
enter,
store,
log,
archive,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘string documents on a thread or wire to keep them in order’): from French filer ‘to string’, fil ‘a thread’, both from Latin filum ‘a thread’. Compare with file2.
file
verb
• (of a group of people) walk one behind the other, typically in an orderly and solemn manner.
• "the mourners filed into the church"
Similar:
march,
parade,
troop,
pass in formation,
walk in a queue,
walk in a line,
proceed in a line,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French file, from filer ‘to string’.
file
verb
• smooth or shape with a file.
• "never file your nails from the centre to the sides"
Similar:
smooth,
buff,
rub,
rub down,
polish,
burnish,
furbish,
shape,
refine,
scrape,
abrade,
rasp,
sandpaper,
Origin:
Old English fīl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijl and German Feile .
