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Bend or lay so that one part covers the other
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folding
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WordNet
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n. the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape; "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code" [syn: protein folding ] the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold" [syn: ...
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Folding is a transformation technique using in DSP architecture implementation for minimizing the number of functional blocks in synthesizing DSP architecture. Folding was first developed by Keshab K. Parhi and his students in 1992. Its concept is contrary ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a folding chair (= one which you can fold so it is flat ) ▪ People were sitting on blankets or folding chairs, listening to the outdoor concert. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN chair ▪ Bingham reappears with a metal ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Folding \Fold"ing\, n. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. --Addison. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat , a portable boat made by stretching ...
Usage examples of folding.
Grandmother had swathed Alise snugly in a blanket, folding it around her and tucking in the ends as a mother swaddles a newborn babe.
Vpon the other Anaglyph, I did behold a merrie and pleasant maiesticall personage, like a yoong fat boye, crowned with two folding serpents, one white, and the other blacke, tied into a knot.
He was undressing and folding his tunic when Argan walked slowly through the hatch, clearly trying to control each step.
Simon Painter sat on one side of the azoic Raven on the folding seats in the rear.
Mosovich said, folding up the bipod on the sniper rifle and submerging it in the water.
Had but little difficulty in getting it open, on account of its being a double or folding gate, and bolted neither at bottom not top.
I ditched my scuba set in the water for Angelo to recover, shrugging out of the harness, and when I scrambled over the side, Chubby had laid her on the floorboards and he was leaning over her, folding her in his arms to quieten her struggles and still her moans and sobs of agony.
Free of the confining womb of stone, the drack gracefully climbed higher in the sky, before folding its wings close to its body and diving down the mountain path.
I tried again, folding the waistband so that it had an elasticized side against the hook as well as against the nut.
Their lights grew bright and awful, and DeChance pulled back her esp, folding it in upon itself, and locking it safely away inside her mind again.
There were two folding tables on gimbals, two vinyl-covered sofas bolted to the deck, a stack of plastic chairs, racks of paperback books and, on a shelf, a television set and VCR.
Behind it were two folding chairs of tapestry and precious gonder wood.
Folding her rapidly in my arms, pressing my mouth on her lips, reading in her beautiful eyes neither a proud indignation nor the cold compliance which might have been the result of a fear of losing me, I gave way entirely to the sweet inclination of love, and swimming already in a sea of delights I felt my enjoyment increased a hundredfold when I saw, on the countenance of the beloved creature who shared it, the expression of happiness, of love, of modesty, and of sensibility, which enhances the charm of the greatest triumph.
A friend of mine took hasheesh once, and said Just as he fell asleep he had a dream,-- Though with his eyes wide open,-- And felt, or saw, or knew himself a part Of marvelous slowly-wreathing intricate patterns, Plane upon plane, depth upon coiling depth, Amazing leaves, folding one on another, Voluted grasses, twists and curves and spirals-- All of it darkly moving .
The teacher of Confucius was folding and unfolding the hectograph sheet.