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Folding
/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/
To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
📖 Definitions of "Folding"
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To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
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To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
"If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer."
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To become folded; to form folds.
"Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."
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To fall over; to be crushed.
"The chair folded under his enormous weight."
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To confine animals in a fold.
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The action of folding; a fold.
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The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
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Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
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The deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
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Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair, etc.
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