Background for folding

folding

/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/

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verb

To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

Examples :

"The student carefully folded the paper airplane. "

material action

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To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

Examples :

"She is folding the clean laundry and putting it away in the closet. "

material action

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To become folded; to form folds.

Examples :

"The clean laundry is folding itself into neat piles on the table. "

action process appearance

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To fall over; to be crushed.

Examples :

"The chair folded under his enormous weight."

disaster action situation war

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To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).

Examples :

"The mother, seeing her child upset, comforted her by folding her in a warm embrace. "

body action human

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verb

To give way on a point or in an argument.

Examples :

"After hours of negotiation, the company finally started folding on their demand for lower wages. "

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verb

To withdraw from betting.

Examples :

"With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded."

bet game business

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(by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.

Examples :

"After a week of disappointing sales, the company decided to start folding their new product line. "

action business

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verb

To stir gently, with a folding action.

Examples :

"Fold the egg whites into the batter."

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verb

Of a company, to cease to trade.

Examples :

"The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."

business economy finance commerce

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verb

To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.

Examples :

"He folded his arms in defiance."

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To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Examples :

"She was folding the truth to protect her little brother from getting into trouble. "

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To confine animals in a fold.

Examples :

"The shepherd is folding the sheep into the pen for the night to protect them from predators. "

animal agriculture

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noun

The action of folding; a fold.

Examples :

"The origami crane required careful folding to get its shape just right. "

action process material

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noun

The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.

Examples :

"The farmer practiced intensive folding to improve the soil fertility of his wheat field. "

agriculture animal

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noun

Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.

Examples :

"Using code folding, the programmer could quickly scan the file by hiding the lengthy function definitions. "

computing technology internet technical writing

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noun

The deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.

Examples :

"The Appalachian Mountains are a classic example of folding, a result of the immense pressure that slowly crumpled the Earth's crust over millions of years. "

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noun

Paper money, as opposed to coins.

Examples :

"I prefer to carry folding rather than coins because it's lighter in my wallet. "

finance economy

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adjective

Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair, etc.

Examples :

"We brought a folding table to the picnic so we could easily carry it. "

item utility building machine