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Definition of 'fold'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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 given church

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"

Definition of 'fold'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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

10. (verb) fold
to cover or wrap up; to conceal

11. (verb) fold
to become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold

12. (verb) fold
to confine in a fold, as sheep

13. (verb) fold
to confine sheep in a fold

Translation of 'fold'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to double over (material, paper etc) She folded the paper in half.
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
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