Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The action of folding; a fold.

    Falten, Klappen

    скла́дываниеskládyvanije, сгиба́ниеsgibánije, свёртываниеsvjórtyvanije

    the act of folding

  2. (countable, uncountable)The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.

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

  4. (countable, uncountable)The deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)Paper money, as opposed to coins.

Examples

67 sentences
  1. Tom put the folding chairs away.

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  2. Why did Tom buy folding chairs?

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  3. Tom sat down on a folding chair.

    ruТом сел на складной стул.

    deTom setzte sich auf einen Klappstuhl.

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  4. Why did you buy a folding table?

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  5. Why did Tom buy a folding table?

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
action of folding:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
action of folding:

Origin

By surface analysis, fold + -ing.

By surface analysis, fold + -ing.

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Forms

plural: foldings
Singularfolding
Pluralfoldings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of folding:fold
  • a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock:fold
  • the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape:protein folding

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfold

Collocations

3 patterns
  • folding chairs
  • the folding chairs
  • is folding his

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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