foldable, foldaway, folding
(adjective) capable of being folded up and stored; “a foldaway bed”
fold, folding
(noun) the act of folding; “he gave the napkins a double fold”
fold, folding
(noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
folding (comparative more folding, superlative most folding)
Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair, etc.
folding (plural foldings)
The action of folding; a fold.
The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
(computing, programming) Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
(geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
(slang) Paper money, as opposed to coins.
folding
present participle of fold
Source: Wiktionary
Fold"ing, n.
1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.
2. (Agric.)
Definition: The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.
Fold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding.] Etym: [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fĂĄlla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a fold. Cf. Fauteuil.]
1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12.
2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak.
4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.
Fold, v. i.
Definition: To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi. 34.
Fold, n. Etym: [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]
1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon. Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana.
2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak. Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.
Fold, n. Etym: [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]
1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.
2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16. The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.
3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Creech. Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
Fold, v. t.
Definition: To confine in a fold, as sheep.
Fold, v. i.
Definition: To confine sheep in a fold. [R.] The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2024
(verb) interrupt a trip; “we stopped at Aunt Mary’s house”; “they stopped for three days in Florence”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
