folding
/ˈfoʊldɪŋ/ noun B1- The action of folding; a fold.
- 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.
Plural foldings
From the library
“My darling child!” she cried, folding the little girl in her arms and covering her face with kisses.
“So you’ve got back?” said Marilla, folding up her knitting.
“Well, if I must, I must,” the King said, with a melancholy air, and, after folding his arms and frowning at the cook till his eyes were nearly out of sight, he said in a deep voice, “What are tarts made of?”
“No,” said Monte Cristo folding the five notes, “most decidedly not; the thing is so curious, I will make the experiment myself.
Other matches
Learn folding in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.