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fanfolding

fanfolding is the present participle and gerund of fanfold.

Meaning of fanfold

Verb

fanfold (third-person singular simple present fanfolds, present participle fanfolding, simple past and past participle fanfolded)

  1. (transitive) To fold in this manner.
    • When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.2005, Pamela J. Carter, Susan Lewsen, Lippincott's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, page 277

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Questions about fanfolding

What is fanfolding the present participle and gerund of?
Fanfolding is the present participle and gerund of fanfold.

Words near fanfolding in the dictionary

  1. fanfishes
  2. fanflower
  3. fanflowers
  4. fanfold
  5. fanfolded
  6. fanfolding
  7. fanfolds
  8. fanfoot
  9. fanfoots
  10. fanfreakingtastic
  11. fanfuckingtastic

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