Word: folding
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fol
ding
Definition: the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
Morphemes:
Affix: fold
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Having a specified quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of