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Folding

Definitions: Folding

Folding

Adjective

1. Capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed".

Noun

1. The act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "folding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Folding

DomainDefinitions

Industry

The action of joining two rib loops to one body loop(at spaced intervals)where a rib border has more loops than the body to give a better fit. At these spaced intervals, two rib loops may be run into one point during bar-filling. Source: European Union. (references)

Mathematics

In expirical data, observations are sometimes recorded without being given a sign, and therefore have to be regarded as all having the same sign(conventionally "plus"). This affects their distribution since the negative point is "folded" over and added to the positive part. This situation should be distinguished from that in which a variable is essentially positive. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

A plication or doubling of various parts of the body. . . . . shin -- measurement. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

This defect is formed by a series of single laps, which occur mainly in effervescing steel and are acused by an intermittent falling back of the metal level in the mould. Source: European Union. (references)
 A bending operation in which one portion of a sheet is held and the adjacent portion is moved by pressure exerted on a forming tool. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

The formation of folds in rocks. (references)

Physics

The act to bend or fold a strip, a sheet or a wire round a specified radius by steadily applied pressure or blows. If the piece is folded flat on itself the test is known as "close bend test" Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Folding

Synonyms: foldable (adj), foldaway (adj), folding(a) (adj), fold (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Folding

English words defined with "folding": 4to8voaccordion doorbarouche, beach chair, bend, box pleat, bucklecab, cabriolet, calash, calash top, caleche, camp chair, campstool, card table, circumvolution, clasp knife, Conduplication, crease, crimpdeck chaireightvoFaldstool, fell, felled seam, flexure, fold, Folding boat, folding chair, folding door, folding moneygeomorphologic, geomorphologicalhoodinfolding, introversion, intussusception, invaginationjackknife, Joint stool, jump seatkaiser rollLog board-momorphologic, morphologicaloctavo, Offcut, Opera hat, oragamiParker House roll, Pentaptych, phaeton, plate tectonics, pleating, plicationquartoRule joint, rumble seatSaddle joint, step ladder, stepladder, structuraltectonics, To take a reef in, tourer, touring car, turnoverVernationwarp, wrinkledyacht chair. (references)
Specialty definitions using "folding": axial-plane foldingconstant foldingdisharmonic foldingflow folding, folding machineharmonic foldingPRINTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, FOLDING RULES, ptygmatic foldingrheid folding. (references)
Etymologies containing "folding": PtyxisValvata, Valvate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Folding

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm late for a jean folding seminar. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Helen Childress)

I don't see you folding balloons in joints, you're gonna be folding balloons incolleges and universities! (Broadway Danny Rose; writing credit: Woody Allen)

Movie/TV Titles

Devant's Exhibition of Paper Folding (1896)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Folding

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2001 Report on Folding Paperboard Boxes: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

  • The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Folding Paperboard Boxes: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Folding Paperboard Boxes in Asia (reference)

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Folding Paperboard Boxes (reference)

  • The World Market for Folding Cartons, Boxes, and Cases of Noncorrugated Paper or Paperboard: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Complete Folding Kayaker (reference)

  • Creative Paper Folding (reference)

  • Folding Paper for Origami: 8 Colors, 40 Sheets Plus Gold Foil! (7 X 7) (reference)

  • Great Napkin Folding and Table Setting (reference)

  • Paper Folding Made Easy (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

High Tech

  • IBIZ Technology Folding Cradle for Handspring Visor, Visor Deluxe, and Visor Platinum (Ice) (reference)

  • Case Logic ATO40 Folding Cargo Bag (reference)

  • 15in LCD 1024x768 400:1 Ve155b 90 Degree Folding Base (reference)

  • Sony In-Ear Street Style Folding Headphones (MDR-A35G) (reference)

  • EarHugger EH470 Folding High Fidelity Stereo Headphones (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Bosch 4000K 10" Worksite Table Saw, Including TS1000 Folding Steel Stand and Outfeed Extension, a $154.98 Value (reference)

  • Werner A2208 22.5" x 54" x 8' Aluminum Folding Access Ladder (reference)

  • Wood Plans OFS-#1062 Folding Adirondack Lawn Chair (reference)

  • CH Hanson 345EK A-Square 3' x 4' x 5' Folding Layout Triangle includes #4512E 12" X 12" A-Square a $16.99 Value (reference)

  • MK 151889 Folding Stand (For Model MK-1080 Brick Paver Saw) (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Folding

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Photo Album: Folding

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[A folding stretcher, Gungalin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[French folding hand litter, Gungalin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Preliminary design model undergoing seakeeping tests at the David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland, circa 1947. This is an early version of the CVA-58 design, without catapult sponsons. Note the folding smokestacks in the "down" position, as they would have been during flight operations. Aircraft models on the flight deck appear to represent the F7U fighter and a notional heavy attack bomber. Credit: NAVY.

At Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, on 29 May 1942, with ground crewmen folding the starboard wing. On 4 June 1942, in the Battle of Midway, this plane was flown by Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, VF-3's Commanding Officer, during the afternoon combat air patrol defending USS Yorktown (CV-5), wherein Thach probably shot down Lieutenant Joichi Tomonaga, leader of the attacking Japanese torpedo planes. Credit: NAVY.

First Methodist Church, Clarksburg, W. Va. Wrought iron folding gates for main door. Credit: Library of Congress.

Folding and ironing linen collars, Troy, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wallpaper design number fifty three, by Messrs. Virchaux & Co. Border for number fifty two. A drapery supported by a crescent, the sides folding around a rosette, a garland of vine leaves thrown over the drapery. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ashland, Aroostook County, Maine. Girl scouts folding up the flag after the Memorial Day ceremonies. Credit: Library of Congress.

Questers antique shop. Round folding table. Credit: Library of Congress.

Furniture and other home furnishings. Small folding wood table. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Folding".

PlayCaption
A metal folding chair being stacked onto others.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Folding

AuthorQuotation

Doris Christensen

Night coming in like a black, silk cloud, silently folding itself around us.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Folding

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He drew a chair near the fireplace and sat down, folding his arms and holding his muddy boots up to the furnace.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Folding

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Members of this family help proteins fold properly and discourage improper folding and abnormal aggregation. (references)

In other cases, implantation is combined with a technique of incisions and grafting or plication (pinching or folding the skin) if the implant alone does not straighten the penis. (references)

The family of prion diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in humans, bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease"), and sheep scrapie, are caused by abnormal folding of a prion protein, which then can infect another animal with the disease. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

Machining centers; Parts and accessories for laser cutting machines, machining centers, lathes, drilling machines, etc; Parts and accessories for forging machines, metal rolling machines, presses and metal extruders; CNC lathes; Laser cutting machines; CNC EDM machines; Machines for working metal wires; CNC punching machines; machines for metal sheet rolling and folding; CNC metal stamping machines; CNC grinding machines; CNC gear cutting machine tools, etc. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Folding

"Folding" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 66.89% of the time. "Folding" is used about 296 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)66.89%19821,729
Adjective (general or positive)21.62%6442,009
Noun (singular)7.43%2274,468
Noun (proper)4.05%12101,599
                    Total100.00%296N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Folding

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "folding".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
OphniN/ABiblical

Folding together

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expression: Folding

Expressions using "folding": constant folding folding bed Folding boat folding camera folding chair folding cot folding door folding doors folding hood folding ladder folding legs folding machine folding mashine folding money folding rule folding screen folding seat folding stool folding table folding umbrella folding up folding wing aeroplane Protein Folding surface folding. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "folding": Folding-carton, folding-door, folding-leaf, folding-wing.

Ending with "folding": end-folding.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Folding

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

folding table

869

folding

79

folding chair

749

folding table and chair

73

napkin folding

443

folding carton

73

paper folding

319

paper folding machine

71

folding bike

244

folding cart

64

folding bicycle

240

folding shopping cart

61

folding screen

220

folding equipment

59

folding door

207

folding beach chair

55

folding bed

192

folding kayak

55

folding iris

153

folding lawn chair

54

money folding

148

folding pliers

54

folding machine

146

folding stool

52

folding trailer

141

folding table leg

51

folding knife

125

folding book case

51

folding stairs

122

folding boat

50

folding camper

119

folding paper for origami

50

tea bag folding

110

metal folding chair

49

folding picnic table

106

folding cot

49

folding home

106

bill dollar folding

49

folding flag

99

folding card table

49
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Folding

Language Translations for "folding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

palosje (fillister, furl, tuck), me kanate, e palosshme. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منضجة تنطوي, ‏ورق مطوي, ‏إنثنى (bend over, buckle, flex, ruckle), ‏ثنى (bend, deter, dissuade, drape, flex, fold, goffer, hire, inflect, lap, pat, pleat, pliable, praise, pucker, replicate, tribute, tuck). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сгъване (lap), фалцуване, тор от кошара, нагъване (lap, plications), прибиране на овце в кошара. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

可折 (foldable). (various references)

   

Czech

  

skládací (collapsable, collapsible, composing, telescopic). (various references)

   

Danish

  

foldning (bending, cold shut, convolution, draping, fold, local buckling, plication), falsning (fold, lock seaming, seaming), svingbukning, overflademaerker (recurrent lap, rippling, shelly, surging lap, teeming lap, wash marking), overfladefolder (bootleg mark, fold, recurrent lap, single lap, surging lap, teeming lap, wash marking), dublering (doubling, redundancy, shadowing), doble (doubling), bukning (crease, raising, score). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zwenkbuigen, zetten (abbreviate, assemble, extract, infuse, lay down, link, mount, place, put, put down, reduce, typeset), vouwing (bending), vouwen (fold), plooiing (arching, upfolding, upthrust, warping), overgaan op de absolute waarde, opvouwbaar, doubleren (double, doubling, to be kept back for a year, to repeat a year, to stay back a class). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

taivutus (bending, conjugation, declension, inflection, inflexion), särmäys (bending, edge work, edging, pencil edging), osataivuttaminen, monistaminen (doubling, plying). (various references)

   

French

  

pliant, repliable, plissement (foil). (various references)

   

German

  

zusammenlegbar (collapsible). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάμψη,στραντζάρισμα, κάμψη (abatement, bending, flection, flexion, flexure, slump), πτυσσόμενοσ (collapsible), πολλαπλές διπλώσεις στην επιφάνεια (bootleg mark, fold, recurrent lap, single lap, surging lap, teeming lap, wash marking), αναδίπλωση (bead), δίπλιασμα (doubling, multi-end winding), δίπλωμα (degree, diploma, fold). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מתקפל (collapsible), מקפל (bending, plait), קפול (fold, pleat, pleating, plication, rolling up, turn), כפיל" (doubling, multiplying), "תקפלות. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

felhajtható (foldaway), összehajtás, összecsukható (collapsable, collapsible, foldaway, folding camera). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pieghevole (flexible, foldable, limber, pliable, pliant, supple). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

折り畳み . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おりたたみ. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

폴". (various references)

   

Manx

  

soiag fillit (folding seat), shamraig fillee (folding camera), dorrys yn-filley (folding doors), coodagh yn-fillit (folding hood), caair fillit (folding chair), boayrd fillee (folding table), bayrn bussallagh (folding cap, hood, kerchief). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

klappstol (folding chair). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oldingfay

   

Portuguese

  

dobra (bend, crease, Crinkle, crumple, double, fold, gather, kink, lap, lappet, meander, plait, pleat, plica, ply, ruck, turn down, turnback, turnover, winding, wrinkle). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rabatabil (collapsible), pliere, pliant (collapsible, folder, limber), îndoire (bend, bending, downturn, flexure, inflexion). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

створчатый, складной (collapsible, multiple), откидной (collapsible). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

filleadh (v.n. folding). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

na sklapanje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

plegable (collapsible). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fällbar (collapsible, foldable), vikbar (foldable), utfällbar, tvinning (doubling, twisting), hopvikbar (foldable), hopfällbar (collapsable, collapsible, contractile, foldable), dubblering (doubling, multi-end winding, plying), bockning (bending, bow). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ที่พับเก็บไ"้ (foldaway), ธนบัตร (bill, note). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

portatif (collapsible, foldaway, knockdown, portable, transportable), katlanan, katlanır (collapsible, foldaway, pliable, pliant, portable), katlama (fold), açılır kapanır (collapsible), çift kanatlı (dipteral, dipterous). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

стулчастий, складаний (portable, pulldown), фальцювання (fillister), відкидний (collapsible, convertible), охоплення (comprehension, coverage, incidence). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

giường gấp (camp-bed, folding-bed, folding-cot), ghế gấp (camp-chair, camp-stool, folding-chair). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

plygiad (fold). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Folding

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 19, Verse 40
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintElabon oun to swma tou ihsou kai edhsan auto oqonioiV meta twn arwmatwn kaqwV eqoV estin toiV ioudaioiV entafiazein
Latin405VulgateAcceperunt ergo corpus Iesu et ligaverunt eum linteis cum aromatibus sicut mos Iudaeis est sepelire
Old English990West SaxonHyo naman þas hælendas lichaman.& be-wunden hine mid linene claðe midwyrt-ge-mangun swa iudea þæw is. to be-berigenne.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thei token the bodi of Jhesu, and boundun it in lynun clothis with swete smellynge oynementis, as it is custom to Jewis for to birie.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen toke they the body of Iesu and wounde it in lynnen clothes with the odoures as ye maner of the Iewes is to bury.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Victorian English1833WebsterThen they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Basic English1964OgdenThen they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Folding

LanguageJohn Chapter 19, Verse 40
CebuanoUg ilang gikuha ang lawas ni Jesus ug gibugkosan kinig mga panapton nga lino lakip ang mga pahumot, sumala sa batasan sa mga Judio sa paglubong.
CroatianUzmu dakle tijelo Isusovo i poviju ga u povoje s miomirisima, kako je u Židova obièaj za ukop.
DanishDe toge da Jesu Legeme og bandt det i Linklæder med de vellugtende Urter, som Jødernes Skik er at fly Lig til Jorde.
DutchZij namen dan het lichaam van Jezus, en bonden dat in linnen doeken met de specerijen, gelijk de Joden de gewoonte hebben van begraven.
FinnishNiin he ottivat Jeesuksen ruumiin ja käärivät sen hyvänhajuisten yrttien kanssa käärinliinoihin, niinkuin juutalaisilla on tapana haudata.
FrenchIls prirent donc le corps de Jésus, et l`enveloppèrent de bandes, avec les aromates, comme c`est la coutume d`ensevelir chez les Juifs.
GermanDa nahmen sie den Leichnam Jesu und banden ihn in leinene Tücher mit den Spezereien, wie die Juden pflegen zu begraben.
Haitian CreoleYo tou de rive, yo pran Jezi. Pandan yo t'ap vlope l' nan bann twal fin yo, yo mete lwil santi bon sou li jan jwif yo te konn fè lè y'ap antere moun.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKedua orang itu mengambil jenazah Yesus lalu membungkusnya dengan kain kafan bersama-sama dengan ramuan wangi itu menurut adat penguburan orang Yahudi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu mereka itu mengambil mayat Yesus, dan mengapankan dengan kain kapan beserta dengan rempah-rempah itu, sebagai adat orang Yahudi menguburkan.
MaoriNa ka tango raua i te tinana o Ihu, takaia ana ki nga kakahu rinena me nga mea kakara, ko ta nga Hurai ritenga hoki tera mo te tanu.
NorwegianDe tok da Jesu legeme og svøpte det i linklær med de velluktende urter, således som det er skikk hos jødene ved jordeferd.
PortugueseTomaram, pois, o corpo de Jesus, e o envolveram em panos de linho com as especiarias, como os judeus costumavam fazer na preparação para a sepultura.   
RumanianAu luat deci trupul lui Isus wi l-au knfqwurat kn fqwii de pknzq de in, cu miresme, dupqcum au obicei Iudeii sq kngroape.
ShuarNuyá Jusé Nikiutémujai Jesusa Ayashín Júkiar kunkuinian kuérar jaanch esarmajai penuararmiayi. Israer-shuar tuke nunisar Ikiúu ármiayi.
SpanishTomaron, pues, el cuerpo de Jesús y lo envolvieron en lienzos con las especias, de acuerdo con la costumbre judía de sepultar.
SwahiliBasi, waliutwaa mwili wa Yesu, wakaufunga sanda pamoja na manukato kufuatana na desturi ya Wayahudi katika kuzika.
SwedishOch de togo Jesu kropp och omlindade den med linnebindlar och lade dit de välluktande kryddorna, såsom judarna hava för sed vid tillredelse till begravning.
UmaTo rodua toera mpo'ala' woto Yesus, raputu' hante kain to bula, pai' ragelai' hante anu mohonga toe, ntuku' ada popatana to Yahudi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Folding

Derivations

Words ending with "folding": blindfolding, enfolding, fanfolding, infolding, interfolding, manifolding, pinfolding, refolding, scaffolding, unfolding, upfolding. (additional references)

Words containing "folding": scaffoldings. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Folding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: feldene, Flodwig, fodding, folden, foldin, foldings, folling, fooding. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Folding"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "folding" (pronounced fō"lding)
6f ō" l d i ngunfolding.
5-ō" l d i ngbeholding, holding, molding, moulding, scolding, upholding, withholding.
4-l d i ngbalding, building, Fielding, gilding, handholding, heralding, landholding, Melding, nonbuilding, overbuilding, rebuilding, scaffolding, scalding, shielding, shipbuilding, unyielding, welding, wielding, Wilding, yielding.
3-d i ngabiding, abounding, acceding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, banding, bedding, beheading, bending, bidding, biding, binding, bleeding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, conceding, concluding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, fending, feuding, finding, flooding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handing, heading, heeding, herding, hiding, hoarding, hounding, impeding, impending, imploding, inbreeding, including, intending, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landing, lauding, leading, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, mending, minding, misleading, misreading, misspending, misunderstanding, needing, nodding, nonbinding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, portending, pounding, preceding, precluding, presiding, pretending, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, receding, recommending, recording, Redding, Reding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rereading, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, seceding, seeding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, speeding, spellbinding, spending, spreading, stampeding, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unloading, unwinding, upgrading, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, wending, winding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Folding

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-f-g-i-l-n-o"

-1 letter: doling, infold.

-2 letters: dingo, doing, fling, flong, gonif, indol, lingo.

-3 letters: ding, diol, dong, fido, filo, find, fino, flog, foil, foin, fold, fond, gild, gold, golf, idol, info, lido, ling, lino, lion, loin, long, nodi, noil.

-4 letters: dig, din, dog, dol, don, fid, fig, fil, fin, fog, fon, gid, gin, god, ion, lid, lin.

 Words containing the letters "d-f-g-i-l-n-o"
 

+1 letter: flooding, fondling.

 

+2 letters: enfolding, fondlings, foundling, goldfinch, infolding, refolding, unfolding, upfolding.

 

+3 letters: boldfacing, fanfolding, fingerhold, foundlings, offloading, pinfolding, reflooding.

 

+4 letters: confidingly, deflowering, defoliating, dragonflies, fingerholds, floundering, freeloading, goldfinches, grandiflora, manifolding, scaffolding, solidifying, wildfowling.

 

+5 letters: blindfolding, deflagration, fluoridating, forbiddingly, forebodingly, grandiflorae, grandifloras, interfolding, scaffoldings, wildfowlings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: Folding


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 6F 6C 64 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    ---    .-..    -..    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101111 01101100 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#111 &#108 &#100 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 006F 006C 0064 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40817870758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Usage Frequency
13. Names: Derived from
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Orthography
22. Bibliography


  

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asturiano, for asturian;
aimará, aimara, for aymara;
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μαυροπόδαροσ, for blackfoot;
breizhat, 不列"尼人, Breton, Bretone, 브리타니 사람, Britaanagh, Bretonagh, Britaanish, bretão, Llydaweg, for Breton;
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