folding
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When folding helps
Base Score
7
14 with pangram bonus
Unique Letters
7
D F G I L N O
Two-Letter Start
FO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
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- 7 letters
- 7 unique letters
- FO start
- ING ending
- pangram-shaped
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- folding is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses exactly seven unique letters, which makes it a pangram candidate when the hive matches those letters.
- The ING ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FO start.
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Pronunciation
verb
To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
verb
To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
"If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer."
verb
To become folded; to form folds.
"Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."
verb
To fall over; to be crushed.
"The chair folded under his enormous weight."
verb
To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
verb
To give way on a point or in an argument.
verb
To withdraw from betting.
"With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded."
verb
(by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.
verb
To stir gently, with a folding action.
"Fold the egg whites into the batter."
verb
Of a company, to cease to trade.
"The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."
verb
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
"He folded his arms in defiance."
verb
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
verb
To confine animals in a fold.
noun
The action of folding; a fold.
noun
The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
noun
Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
noun
The deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
noun
Paper money, as opposed to coins.
adjective
Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair, etc.