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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes;

2. a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies;
- Example: "an original and two manifolds"
[syn: manifold paper, manifold]

3. a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions;


VERB (2)

1. make multiple copies of;
- Example: "multiply a letter"

2. combine or increase by multiplication;
- Example: "He managed to multiply his profits"
[syn: multiply, manifold]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. many and varied; having many features or forms;
- Example: "manifold reasons"
- Example: "our manifold failings"
- Example: "manifold intelligence"
- Example: "the multiplex opportunities in high technology"
[syn: manifold, multiplex]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

manifold adj 1: many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology" [syn: manifold, multiplex] n 1: a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes 2: a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies; "an original and two manifolds" [syn: manifold paper, manifold] 3: a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions v 1: make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter" 2: combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [syn: multiply, manifold]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "manifold": allotropic, assorted, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, heteromorphic, heteromorphous, increased, many, many-sided, metamorphic, metamorphotic, miscellaneous, multifarious, multifold, multiform, multiphase, multiple, multiplex, multiplied, multitudinous, numerous, polymorphic, polymorphous, polynomial, protean, proteiform, sundry, varied, various