[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/filing/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / filing

# filing

noun (filing, uncountable; a filing, filings); verb form (filing, from file)

«filing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Filing is putting papers or computer documents in order in files or folders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#m1)
2. Filings are tiny pieces rubbed off metal with a file, such as iron filings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#m2)
3. Filing is also the «-ing» form of «file»: walking in a line (filing into class), smoothing with a file (filing nails), or sending a document officially. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons iron filings sprinkled round a magnet show the pattern of the magnetic field. In school pupils file into assembly in a line. In offices filing keeps papers tidy. Phrases: «iron filings», «filing cabinet», «filing into the hall».

### Examples

- The iron filings made a pattern round the magnet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#x1)
- Mum keeps her letters in a filing cabinet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#x2)
- The children were filing quietly into the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#x3)
- She is filing her nails smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#x4)
- Dad spent the evening doing his filing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#x5)
- Sprinkle the filings gently over the paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#x6)
- Don't blow iron filings; they can get in your eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: one «l» (file to filing, drop the «e»). Do not confuse with «filling» (double «l», what goes inside a sandwich or a tooth). Safety: iron filings are sharp and can hurt eyes; handle them carefully.

## In Jewish tradition

In First Samuel the Philistines let no smith be found in Israel and made the Israelites pay to sharpen their tools.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as a sign of how thoroughly the Philistines held Israel down, so that the people had no weapons.

### Examples

- And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads. (Prophets 1SA.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filing/#x1)

### Note

Spelling: one «l» (file to filing, drop the «e»). Do not confuse with «filling» (double «l», what goes inside a sandwich or a tooth). Safety: iron filings are sharp and can hurt eyes; handle them carefully.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «filing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«filing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/filing.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «filing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«filing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/filing.html) on Mova free.