filing
- n the entering of a legal document into the public record
- n a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
- n the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
- n preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
I have some filing to do - v record in a public office or in a court of law
- v smooth with a file
- v proceed in line
- v file a formal charge against
- v place in a container for keeping records
filing cabinet
- n office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
filing clerk
- n a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
filing system
- n a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)
filippino lippi
- n Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504)
filippo brunelleschi
- n Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)
fill
- n a quantity sufficient to satisfy
he ate his fill of potatoes
she had heard her fill of gossip - n any material that fills a space or container
there was not enough fill for the trench - v make full, also in a metaphorical sense
fill a container
fill the child with pride - v become full
The pool slowly filled with water
The theater filled up slowly - v occupy the whole of
The liquid fills the container - v assume, as of positions or roles
- v fill or meet a want or need
- v appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- v eat until one is sated
He filled up on turkey - v fill to satisfaction
- v plug with a substance
fill a cavity
fill-in
- n someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
we need extra employees for summer fill-ins