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Added 10 October 2026

folding

/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/ adjective

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Designed to fold
a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair

noun

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.

verb

present participle and gerund of fold

Origin

By surface analysis, fold + -ing.

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