folding
Syllables: fold·ingUK/ˈfəʊldɪŋ//ˈfoʊldɪŋ/
folding adjective: designed to fold. Also the present participle and gerund of fold.
Adjective
folding (not comparable)
- Designed to fold
- a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair
- Antonyms:
- non-folding
Noun
folding (countable and uncountable, plural foldings)
- 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.a. 1719, Joseph Addison, Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, pages 63–64
- Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft.2007, Greg Patent, Dave McLean, A Baker's Odyssey
- 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.1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 123
Also used as
folding is also the present participle and gerund of fold.
folding meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
folding in Hindi
- तह करना, फ़ोल्डिंग
folding in Tamil
- மடிக்கிறது
folding in Marathi
- दुमडणे, दुमडून टाकणे
folding in Urdu
- فولڈنگ, تہہ کرنا, فولڈنگ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- folding in Bengali
- ভাঁজ করা, ভাঁজ করা হচ্ছে
- folding in Telugu
- మడత పెట్టడం, మడవటం
- folding in Kannada
- ಮಡಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಮಡಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು
- folding in Punjabi
- ਫੋਲਡਿੰਗ, ਫ਼ੋਲਡਿੰਗ, ਫੋਲਡਿੰਗ ਕਰਨਾ
- folding in Gujarati
- ફોલ્ડિંગ, ફોલ્ડીંગ
- folding in Odia
- ଭାଁଜ କରିବା, ଭାଁଜ ହେଉଛି, ଭାଁଜ କରାଯାଉଛି
- folding in Nepali
- फोल्डिङ
Examples of folding in a sentence
- I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane.
- The dishes need washing, the floor needs vacuuming, the laundry needs folding. Get on it!
- He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
Antonyms of folding
Forms of folding
| plural | foldings |
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Origin of folding
By surface analysis, fold + -ing.
Words formed from folding
- antifolding
- bifolding
- case folding
- code folding
- cofolding
- downfolding
- e-folding
- folding bone
- folding-bone
- folding chair
- folding knife
- folding money
- folding rooftop
- folding screen
- folding-stick
- folding stick
- folding stuff
- folding table
- malfolding
- microfolding
- non-folding
- paperfolding
- postfolding
- superfolding
- teabag folding
- wavefolding
Phrases with folding
- folding up
- folding out
- folding away
- folding down
- folding bones
- folding chairs
- folding knives
- folding sticks
- folding tables
- folding screens
- folding rooftops
- folding one's arms
5 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with folding
Questions about folding
- What does folding mean?
- Folding means designed to fold.
- What is folding in Hindi?
- Folding in Hindi is तह करना, फ़ोल्डिंग. See Folding meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is folding?
- Folding can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce folding?
- Folding is pronounced /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near folding in the dictionary
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