English Online Dictionary. What means folding? What does folding mean?
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, fold + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊldɪŋ
- Hyphenation: fold‧ing
Adjective
folding (not comparable)
- Designed to fold
- Antonym: non-folding
- a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair
Translations
Noun
folding (countable and uncountable, plural foldings)
- The action of folding; a fold.
- The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
- (computing, programming) Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
- (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
- (slang) Paper money, as opposed to coins.
Translations
Verb
folding
- present participle and gerund of fold
Derived terms
See also
- Category:folding on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- folding bicycle