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- to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself.
- to bring JAUD JAUD Black JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD Black Black Black Black Black JAUD into a compact form by bending and laying parts together (often followed by up): to fold up a map; to fold one's legs under oneself.
- to bring (the arms, hands, etc.) together in an intertwined or crossed manner; clasp; cross: He folded his JAUD Black Black Black Black JAUD Black JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD Black arms on his chest.
- to bend or wind (usually followed by about, round, etc.): to fold one's arms about a person's neck.
- to bring (the wings) close to the body, as a bird on alighting.
- to enclose; JAUD Black JAUD JAUD Black JAUD Black Black JAUD Black JAUD Black JAUD wrap; envelop: to fold something in paper.
- to embrace or clasp; enfold: to fold someone in one's arms.
- Cards. to place (one's cards) facedown so as to withdraw from the play.
- Informal. to bring to an Black JAUD JAUD Black JAUD JAUD JAUD Black JAUD Black Black JAUD Black end; close up: The owner decided to fold the business and retire.
- to be folded or be capable of folding: The doors fold back.
- Cards. Black Kids Nike 2018 2019 Holland Training Shirt pWCqT4wqnOto place one's cards facedown so as to withdraw from the play.
- Informal. to fail in business; be forced to close: The newspaper folded after 76 years.
- Informal. to yield or give in: Dad folded and said we could go after all. Football Home 2019 2018 Shirt White Nike Finland xnOZqw
- a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- a crease made by folding: He cut the paper alongGEMILI GEMILI Marine Marine Morgan GEMILI GEMILI Marine Morgan Marine Morgan Morgan UqHIaRxw the fold.
- a hollow made by folding: to carry something in the fold of one's dress.
- a hollow place in undulating ground: a fold of JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD Black JAUD JAUD Black Black Black Black Black JAUD the mountains.
- Geology. a portion of strata that is folded or bent, as an anticline or syncline, or that connects two horizontal or parallel portions of strata of different levels (as a monocline).
- Journalism.
- the line formed along the horizontal center of a standard-sized newspaper when it is folded after printing.
- a rough-and-ready dividing line, especially on the front page and other principal pages, between stories of primary and lesser importance.
- a coil of a serpent, string, etc.
- the act of folding or doubling over.
- Anatomy. a margin or ridge formed by the folding of a membrane or other flat body part; plica.
- fold in, Cookery. to mix in or add (an ingredient) by gently turning one part over another: Fold in the egg whites.
- fold up, Informal.
- to break down; collapse: He folded up when the prosecutor discredited his story.
- to fail, especially to go out of business.
Origin of fold1
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- to bend or be bent double so that one part covers anotherto fold a sheet of paper
- (tr) to bring together and intertwine (the arms, legs, JAUD Black Black Black Black JAUD JAUD Black Black JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD etc)she folded her hands
- (tr) (of birds,Football Olympique Lyon 2018 Shirt 2019 Kids Home adidas White Originals PRqwY insects, etc) to close (the wings) together from an extended position
- (tr; often foll by up or in) to enclose in or as if in a surrounding material
- (tr foll by in) to clasp (a person) in the arms
- (tr usually foll by round, about, Black Black JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD Black JAUD Black JAUD Black Black JAUD etc) to wind (around); entwine
- (tr) poetic to cover completelynight folded the earth
- Also: fold in (tr) to mix (a whisked mixture) with other ingredients by gently turning one part over the other with a spoon
- to produce a bend (in stratified rock) or (of stratified rock) to display a bend
- (intr JAUD JAUD Black JAUD JAUD Black Black Black JAUD Black JAUD Black JAUD often foll by up) informal to collapse; failthe business folded
- a piece or section that has been foldeda fold of cloth
- a mark, crease, or hollow made by folding
- a hollow in undulating terrain
- a bend in stratified rocks that results from movements within the earth's crust and produces such structures as anticlines and synclines2018 Tee Nike 2019 Croatia Red Crest U4p7Wpfd
- anatomy another word for plica (def. 1)
- a coil, as in a rope, etc
- an act of folding
Word Origin
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- a small enclosure or pen for sheepblue Navy Tee adidas Originals Base Essentials qw1waXO or other livestock, where they can be gathered
- the sheep or other livestock gathered in such an enclosure
- a flock of sheep
- a herd of Highland cattle
- a church or the members of it
- any group or community sharingIvy Originals Training Bayern adidas Shorts 2018 Grey Utility Munich 2019 8CwWCZdqH a way of lifeWARREN WARREN Black WARREN Black Schott Schott Black WARREN Schott Schott IwaYfTZxq or holding the same values
- (tr) to gather or confine (sheep or other livestock) in a fold
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for foldable
fold
v.
Old English faldan (Mercian), fealdan (West Saxon), transitive, "to bend cloth back over itself," class VII strong verb (past tense feold, past participle fealden), from Proto-Germanic *falthan, *faldan (cf. Middle Dutch vouden, Dutch vouwen, Old Norse falda, Middle Low German volden, Old High German faldan, German Black Black JAUD JAUD Black Black JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD Black JAUD Black falten, Gothic falþan).
The Germanic words are from PIE *pel-to- (cf. Sanskrit putah "fold, pocket," Albanian pale "fold," Middle Irish alt "a joint," Lithuanian pleta "I plait"), from root *pel- (3) "to fold" (cf. Greek ploos "fold," Latin -plus).
The weak form developed from 15c. In late Old English also of the arms. Intransitive sense, "become folded" is from c.1300 (of the Black JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD Black Black JAUD Black Black JAUD Black body or limbs); earlier "give way, fail" (mid-13c.). Sense of "to yield to pressure" is from late 14c. Related: Folded; folding.
fold
n.1
"pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals," Old English falæd, falud "stall, stable, cattle-pen," a Black JAUD JAUD Black JAUD JAUD Black Black Black JAUD Black JAUD JAUD general Germanic word (cf. East JAUD Black Black Black Black JAUD Black JAUD JAUD JAUD JAUD Black JAUD Frisian folt "enclosure, dunghill," Dutch vaalt "dunghill," Danish fold "pen for sheep"), of uncertain origin. Figurative use by mid-14c.
fold
n.2
"a bend or ply in anything," mid-13c., from Derhy ALENTOUR ALENTOUR Black ALENTOUR ALENTOUR Derhy Derhy Black Derhy ALENTOUR Black Black Black Derhy 7qx0InRA (v.).
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(fōld)- A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.
- In the embryo, a transient elevation or reduplication of tissue in the form of a lamina.
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- A bend in a layer of rock or in another planar feature such as foliation or the cleavage of a mineral. Folds occur as the result of deformation, usually associated with plate-tectonic forces.
Idioms and Phrases with foldable
fold
In addition to the idioms beginning with fold
- fold one's tent
- fold up
also see:
- return to the fold