Folding
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding chair, etc.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The action of folding; a fold. Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
Example sentence: More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.
Fold
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.to make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.(Informal) to fall over.to give way on a point or in an argument.(poker) To withdraw from betting.To stir gently, with a folding action.Of a company, to cease to trade.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act of folding.A bend or crease.Any correct move in origami.The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.Home, family.A church congregation, a church, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.(obsolete) A boundary or limit.
Example sentence: But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.