folding

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UK /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ US /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/

noun 5adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

living, unfolding

She watched the unfolding drama with growing concern as events spiraled beyond her control.

VERB + FOLDING

am, hate, put, take

I hate folding clothes on Sunday mornings because it takes forever.

FOLDING + NOUN

bed, bicycle, clothes, fan, laundry, paper, shirt, shirts

My daughter was folding laundry when she found her missing sock behind the dryer.

PREP.

down, on, with

She was folding down the corner of the page to mark her place in the book.

ADV.

away

She was folding away the clean laundry when her son asked for help with homework.

Definitions

adj

Designed to fold

a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair

noun

The action of folding; a fold.

I have ſeen abundance of antique figures in Sculpture and Painting, with juſt the ſame turn in the lower foldings of the Veſt, when the perſon that wears it is in a poſture of tripping forward.

Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.

The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.

Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.

the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.

Paper money, as opposed to coins.

He has written twelve of these fat sex and sword-play historical novels and every damn one of them has been on the best-seller lists. He must have made plenty of the folding.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of folding

fold

noun — a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

fold

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair

Wiktionary

I have ſeen abundance of antique figures in Sculpture and Painting, with juſt the ſame turn in the lower foldings of the Veſt, when the perſon that wears it is in a poſture of tripping forward.

Wiktionary

Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.

Wiktionary

He has written twelve of these fat sex and sword-play historical novels and every damn one of them has been on the best-seller lists. He must have made plenty of the folding.

Wiktionary

The man was folding and unfolding his arms.

Tatoeba · #45258

Take this folding umbrella with you. It might come in handy.

Tatoeba · #58171

Usage Notes

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In some senses, folding is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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