noun. The act or an instance of using a file.

noun. A particle or shaving removed by a file.

noun. The act of using a file.

noun. A fragment or particle rubbed off by a file: as, iron-filings.

noun. The act of putting upon file.

noun. A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing.

noun. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

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

verb. Present participle of file.

noun. preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.

noun. the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)

noun. the entering of a legal document into the public record

noun. a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

"But that's what this filing is all about -- whether the government's treatment of Padilla was so extreme so as to justify precluding the government from prosecuting him."

filling  fine  

entry  formation  shaping  storage  submission  

beguiling  compiling  dialing  piling  smiling  

ablation  abrasion  abrasion  abrasive  analysis  

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