1. (v.t.)fold to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself.
2. fold to bring into a compact form by bending and laying parts together: to fold up a map.
3. fold to bring together and intertwine or cross: He folded his arms on his chest.
4. fold to bend or wind; entwine: The child folded his arms around my neck.
5. fold to bring (the wings) close to the body, as a bird on alighting.
6. fold to enclose; wrap; envelop: to fold something in paper.
7. fold to embrace or clasp; enfold: to fold someone in one's arms.
8. fold to place (one's cards) facedown so as to withdraw from the play.
9. fold Informal. to bring to an end; close up: to fold a business.
10. (v.i.)fold to be folded or be capable of folding.
11. fold to place one's cards facedown so as to withdraw from the play.
12. fold to fail, esp. to go out of business: The magazine folded after a few years.
13. fold to end a run; close: The show will fold next week.
14. fold fold in, to blend (a cooking ingredient) into a mixture by gently turning one part over another: Fold in the egg whites.
15. (n.)fold a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
16. fold a line, crease, or hollow made by folding.
17. fold a hollow place in undulating ground.
18. fold a portion of rock strata that is folded or bent, as an anticline or syncline, or that connects horizontal strata, as a monocline.
19. fold a coil of a serpent, string, etc.
20. fold the act of folding or doubling over.
21. fold a margin or ridge formed by the folding of a membrane or other flat body part; plica.
22. (n.)fold an enclosure for sheep.
23. fold the sheep kept within it.
24. fold a flock of sheep.
25. fold a church or its members.
26. fold a group sharing common beliefs, values, etc.: to rejoin the fold.
27. (v.t.)fold to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME fold, fald, OE fald, falod)
Definition of 'Fold'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend an angular or rounded shape made by folding "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
2. (noun)congregation, fold, faithful a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a givenchurch
3. (noun)fold, folding a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
4. (noun)flock, fold a group of sheep or goats
5. (noun)fold, plica a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
6. (noun)fold, sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote a pen for sheep
7. (verb)fold, folding the act of folding "he gave the napkins a double fold"
8. (verb)fold, fold up, turn up bend or lay so that one part covers the other "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
9. (verb)fold incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
10. (verb)close up, close, fold, shut down, close down cease to operate or cause to cease operating "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
11. (verb)pen up, fold confine in a fold, like sheep
12. (verb)fold, fold up become folded or folded up "The bed folds in a jiffy"
1. (verb)fold to bend one part of sth over another part of it She folded her clothes neatly.; Fold the piece of paper in half.
2. fold fold in half to bend in order to make smaller a chair that folds to fit in the trunk of your car; He folded up his camera stand.
3. fold (of a business) to fail and close The theater folded later that year.
4. (noun)fold a line where sth has been folded cut along the fold
5. fold the part inside where sth is folded the folds of the baby's skin
Definition of 'Fold'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Fold an inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen
2. (noun)Fold a flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold
3. (noun)Fold a boundary; a limit
4. Fold a doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication
5. Fold times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four
6. Fold that which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace
7. (verb)Fold to lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter
8. (verb)Fold to double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair
9. (verb)Fold to inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace
Definitions of Fold 
Afrikaans: vou; in die helfte gevou
Arabic: يَطْوي، يَثْني
Bulgarian: прегъвам
Brazilian: dobrar
Czech: přeložit, složit
German: falten
Danish: folde; lægge sammen
Greek: διπλώνω
Spanish: doblar, plegar
Estonian: kokku murdma, voltima
Farsi: تا کردن
Finnish: taittaa
French: plier
Hebrew: לְקַפֵּל
Hindi: तह करना
Croatian: preklopiti, savinuti
Hungarian: (össze)hajt(ogat)
Indonesian: melipat
Icelandic: brjóta saman
Italian: piegare
Japanese: 折る
Korean: (천, 종이 등을) 접다
Lithuanian: sulenkti, sulankstyti
Latvian: salocīt
Malay: lipat
Dutch: vouwen
Norwegian: brette, legge sammen, fol
Polish: złożyć
Persian: تا کردن
Pashto: قات كول، غبرګول، احاطه كو
Portuguese: dobrar
Romanian: aîndoi
Russian: складывать (вдвое)
Slovak: zložiť, preložiť
Slovenian: preganiti
Serbian: presaviti
Swedish: vika [ihop]
Thai: พับ
Turkish: katlamak
Taiwanese: 折疊，對折
Ukrainian: складати
Urdu: تہ کرنا
Vietnamese: gấp; xếp lại
Chinese: 折叠，对折
