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  • 1many-folded — many foldˈed adjective (Spenser) 1. Having many layers 2. Having many folds • • • Main Entry: ↑many …

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  • 2-fold — [fōld] [ME fold, fald < OE feald: see FOLD1] suffix 1. forming adjectives having (a specified number of) parts [a tenfold division] 2. forming adjectives and adverbs(a specified number of) times as many, as much, as large [to profit tenfold] …

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  • 3-fold — ► SUFFIX forming adjectives and adverbs from cardinal numbers: 1) in an amount multiplied by: threefold. 2) consisting of so many parts or facets: twofold. ORIGIN Old English, related to FOLD(Cf. ↑foldable) …

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  • 4Fold (geology) — For other uses, see Fold (disambiguation). Very tight folds. Formation near Moruya, New South Wales, Australia …

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  • 5fold — fold1 foldable, adj. /fohld/, v.t. 1. to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself. 2. to bring into a compact form by bending and laying parts together (often fol. by up): to fold up a map; to fold one s legs under oneself. 3. to bring (the… …

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  • 6fold — fold1 [ fould ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to bend a piece of paper or cloth and press one part of it over another part: Carrie folded the note and slid it into her purse. fold something in half/two: Fold the paper in half diagonally. fold something …

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  • 7fold — I UK [fəʊld] / US [foʊld] verb Word forms fold : present tense I/you/we/they fold he/she/it folds present participle folding past tense folded past participle folded ** 1) a) [transitive] to bend a piece of paper or cloth and press one part of it …

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  • 8Fold (higher-order function) — In functional programming, fold, also known variously as reduce, accumulate, compress or inject, is a family of higher order functions that process a data structure in some order and build up a return value. Typically, a fold deals with two… …

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  • 9fold — 1 verb 1 BEND (T) to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc by laying or pressing one part over another: Fold the paper along the dotted line. | fold sth in two/half: The woman folded the tickets in two and tore them in half. 2 MAKE STH SMALLER/NEATER… …

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  • 10fold —    by Simon O Sullivan   Although appearing throughout Deleuze s work, the fold is particularly mobilised in the books on Michel Foucault and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. In each case the fold is developed in relation to another s work. We… …

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