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Definition of Fold

1. Verb. Bend or lay so that one part covers the other. "They fold the sheets"; "Turn up your collar"

2. Noun. An angular or rounded shape made by folding. "A bend of his elbow"

3. Verb. Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating. "They fold the sheets"; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"

4. Noun. A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.

5. Verb. Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. "The business is going to fold "; "Close up the shop"

6. Noun. A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock.

7. Verb. Confine in a fold, like sheep. "They want to fold the prisoners "

8. Noun. A group of sheep or goats.

9. Verb. Become folded or folded up. "These fabrics fold easily"; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

10. Noun. A folded part (as in skin or muscle).

11. Noun. A pen for sheep.

12. Noun. The act of folding. "He gave the napkins a double fold"

Definition of Fold

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.

3. n. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

4. n. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

5. v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep.

6. v. i. To confine sheep in a fold.

Definition of Fold

1. Verb. (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive informal) To fall over; to be crushed. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To enclose within folded arms (''see also'' enfold). ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive poker) To withdraw from betting. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive cooking) To stir gently, with a folding action. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive business) Of a company, to cease to trade. ¹

9. Noun. An act of folding. ¹

10. Noun. A bend or crease. ¹

11. Noun. Any correct move in origami. ¹

12. Noun. (newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually ''the fold''. ¹

13. Noun. (by extension web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually ''the fold''. ¹

14. Noun. (geology) 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. ¹

15. Noun. A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals. ¹

16. Noun. (figuratively) Home, family. ¹

17. Noun. (religion Christian) A church congregation, a church, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ. ¹

18. Noun. (obsolete) A boundary or limit. ¹

19. Verb. To confine sheep in a fold. ¹

20. Noun. (dialectal poetic or obsolete) The Earth; earth; land, country. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fold

1. to lay one part over another part of [v -ED, -ING, -S] : FOLDABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Fold

1. 1. A ridge or margin apparently formed by the doubling back of a lamina. See: plica. 2. In the embryo, a transient elevation or reduplication of tissue in the form of a lamina. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fold

foists foistware foisty foitite fol-de-rol folacin folacins folar folate folate antagonist

folates folboat folboats folbot folbots fold (current term) fold-back elements fold boat fold boats fold of chorda tympani

fold of laryngeal nerve fold of left vena cava fold of superior laryngeal nerve fold one's tent fold up foldabilities foldability foldable foldably foldage

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