The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LAPPING , but the solution may also be CREASING which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Folding crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAPPING | 50 % | 7 |
| CREASING | 50 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Folding
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- foldaway
- collapsible
- collapsable
- shelf
- ledge
- packing
- plank
- whip
- underwear
- bend
- bent
- bending
Crossword Answer definitions
LAPPING verb- To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
- To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
- To envelop, enfold
- To wind around
- To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
- To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
- To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
- To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
- To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
- To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
- (of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
- A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
- (bowmaking) Lengths of fine wire, silver, gold, silk or whalebone wrapped tightly around the bow stick adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel of the bow.
- The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
- The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
- The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
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