filing

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.

The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

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

• Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known.

present participle and gerund of fileform-ofgerundparticiple