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Antonyms for filing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fahyl
Phonetic Transcription : faɪl


Definition of filing

Origin :
  • "to place (papers) in consecutive order for future reference," mid-15c., from Middle French filer "string documents on a wire for preservation or reference," from fil "thread, string" (12c.), from Latin filum "a thread, string," from PIE *gwhis-lom (cf. Armenian jil "sinew, string, line," Lithuanian gysla "vein, sinew," Old Church Slavonic zila "vein"), from root *gwhi- "thread, tendon." The notion is of documents hung up on a line.
  • File (filacium) is a threed or wyer, whereon writs, or other exhibits in courts, are fastened for the better keeping of them. [Cowel, "The Interpreter," 1607]
  • Methods have become more sophisticated, but the word has stuck. Related: Filed; filing.
  • verb put in place, order
  • verb rub down, grind
Example sentences :
  • Invariably, the mistake will be made of filing the width first, so the key will fit in.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • A rasping sound, like the filing of a saw, came from the tin roof.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • It was an idiosyncrasy of Jackson's to gather and take with him every filing.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • This plan is preferred by many inventors to filing a caveat.
  • Extract from : « Practical Pointers for Patentees » by Franklin Cresee
  • My assistant tells me he has seen his grandfather use it when filing glass.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • The only thing is that he insists on your filing it before you actually say it.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920 » by Various
  • It was three weeks before the mayor's petition could be got ready for filing.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • Last I knew she was still at it, had charge of one of the filing cases.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • They were filing into the enclosure around the quartermaster's tent.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Savarin and Other Stories » by Edward William Thomson
  • Sometimes our fingers were quite sore with the hammering and filing.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Magnet » by George Manville Fenn

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