'Manifold' definitions:

Definition of 'manifold'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology" [syn: manifold, multiplex]
noun
A pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
noun
A lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies; "an original and two manifolds" [syn: manifold paper, manifold]
noun
A set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions
verb
Make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter"
verb
Combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [syn: multiply, manifold]

Definition of 'Manifold'

From: GCIDE
  • Manifold \Man"i*fold\, n.
  • 1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others; as, the exhaust manifold of an automobile engine. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Manifold'

From: GCIDE
  • Manifold \Man"i*fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manifolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Manifolding.] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Manifold'

From: GCIDE
  • Manifold \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold.]
  • 1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. [1913 Webster]
  • O Lord, how manifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • I know your manifold transgressions. --Amos v. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. "The manifold wisdom of God." --Eph. iii. 10. "The manifold grace of God." --1 Pet. iv. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • Manifold writing, a process or method by which several copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred; writing several copies of a document at once by use of carbon paper or the like. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'manifold'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Manifold'