What is the meaning of filing?

noun

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

verb

• Record in a public office or in a court of law.
  • usage: "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
  • synonyms: file, register
• Smooth with a file.
  • usage: "file one's fingernails"
  • synonyms: file
• Proceed in line.
  • usage: "The students filed into the classroom"
  • synonyms: file
• File a formal charge against.
  • usage: "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
  • synonyms: charge, lodge, file
• Place in a container for keeping records.
  • usage: "File these bills, please"
  • synonyms: file, file away