"folding" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-folding.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -əʊldɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} folding (not comparable)
  1. Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair, etc. Tags: not-comparable Translations (made to fold): сгъваем (sgǎvaem) (Bulgarian), plegador (Catalan), plegable (Catalan), 可折的 (kě zhé de) (Chinese Mandarin), 折疊的 (Chinese Mandarin), 折叠的 (zhédié de) (Chinese Mandarin), taittuva (Finnish), taitettava (Finnish), pliant (French), repliable (French), rabattable (French), Klapp- (German), 折り畳 (oritatami) (alt: おりたたみ) (Japanese), kōpakipaki (Maori), складно́й (skladnój) (Russian), раскладно́й (raskladnój) (english: beds) [especially, usually] (Russian), sklopiv (Serbo-Croatian), склопив (Serbo-Croatian), plegable (Spanish), vikbar (Swedish), fällbar (Swedish), ihopvikbar (Swedish), ihopfällbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-folding-en-adj-VfJeQ5tB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 7 22 9 19 25

Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-folding.ogg [General-American] Forms: foldings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊldɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} folding (countable and uncountable, plural foldings)
  1. The action of folding; a fold. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of folding): сгъване (sgǎvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), plegatge [masculine] (Catalan), 折疊 (Chinese Mandarin), 折叠 (zhédié) (Chinese Mandarin), taittaminen (Finnish), pliage [masculine] (French), plissement (French), Falten [neuter] (German), Klappen [neuter] (German), 畳むこと (tatamu koto) (alt: たたむこと) (Japanese), 折ること (oru koto) (alt: おること) (Japanese), скла́дывание (skládyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), сгиба́ние (sgibánije) (english: bending) [neuter] (Russian), свёртывание (svjórtyvanije) (note: of something soft, e.g. cloth) [neuter] (Russian), vikning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-folding-en-noun-HRJX-AV2 Disambiguation of 'action of folding': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (computing, programming) Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Programming
    Sense id: en-folding-en-noun-IY0U~oUV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 7 22 9 19 25 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  4. (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-folding-en-noun-n3EgpT4e Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  5. (slang) Paper money, as opposed to coins. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-folding-en-noun-BdRGtu6U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 7 22 9 19 25

Verb

IPA: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-folding.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -əʊldɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} folding
  1. present participle and gerund of fold Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fold Related terms: folding bicycle
    Sense id: en-folding-en-verb-16lnXQWv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 0 7 22 9 19 25 Derived forms: case folding, code folding, e-folding, folding-bone, folding bone, folding chair, folding knife, folding money, folding screen, folding stick, folding-stick, folding stuff, non-folding, teabag folding

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "made to fold",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "made to fold",
      "word": "rabattable"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Klapp-"
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      "word": "折り畳"
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      "sense": "made to fold",
      "word": "kōpakipaki"
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      "word": "складно́й"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "made to fold",
      "word": "sklopiv"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "made to fold",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "made to fold",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "made to fold",
      "word": "vikbar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "made to fold",
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      "code": "sv",
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}

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          "ref": "a. 1719, Joseph Addison, Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, pages 63–64",
          "text": "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.",
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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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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sgǎvane",
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      "sense": "action of folding",
      "word": "折疊"
    },
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      "word": "折叠"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "action of folding",
      "word": "taittaminen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "action of folding",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of folding",
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      "word": "Falten"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of folding",
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      "alt": "たたむこと",
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      "word": "畳むこと"
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      "alt": "おること",
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      "word": "скла́дывание"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "action of folding",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "case folding"
    },
    {
      "word": "code folding"
    },
    {
      "word": "e-folding"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding-bone"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding bone"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding chair"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding knife"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding money"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding screen"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding stick"
    },
    {
      "word": "folding-stick"
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    {
      "word": "folding stuff"
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      "word": "teabag folding"
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