folding
nounEtymology By surface analysis, fold + -ing.
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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:
2
The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
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Slang 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: