FOLD

fold, folding

(noun) the act of folding; “he gave the napkins a double fold”

fold, sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote

(noun) a pen for sheep

fold, plica

(noun) a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

flock, fold

(noun) a group of sheep or goats

congregation, fold, faithful

(noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

fold, folding

(noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend

(noun) 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”

fold

(verb) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; “Fold the egg whites into the batter”

fold, fold up, turn up

(verb) bend or lay so that one part covers the other; “fold up the newspaper”; “turn up your collar”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

fold (third-person singular simple present folds, present participle folding, simple past (obsolete) feld or folded, past participle (rare) folden or folded)

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

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

(intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.

(intransitive, informal) To fall over; to be crushed.

(transitive) To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).

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

(intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.

(intransitive, by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.

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

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

To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.

To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Synonyms

• (bend (thin material) over): bend, crease

• (fall over): fall over

• (give way on a point or in an argument): concede, give in, give way, yield

Antonyms

• unfold

Noun

fold (plural folds)

An act of folding.

Synonyms: bending, creasing

A bend or crease.

Synonyms: bend, crease

Any correct move in origami.

(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.

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

That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.

(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.

(computing, programming) In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.

Etymology 2

Noun

fold (plural folds)

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.

Synonyms: enclosure, pen, penfold, pinfold

(collective) A group of sheep or goats.

Synonym: flock

(figuratively) Home, family.

Synonyms: home, family

(religion, Christian) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.

Synonyms: congregation, flock

A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.

Synonym: cohort

(obsolete) A boundary or limit.

Verb

fold (third-person singular simple present folds, present participle folding, simple past and past participle folded)

To confine animals in a fold.

Etymology 3

Noun

fold (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• FLOD

Source: Wiktionary

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Fold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding.] Etym: [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a fold. Cf. Fauteuil.]

1. 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. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12.

2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak.

4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.

Fold, v. i.

Definition: To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi. 34.

Fold, n. Etym: [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]

1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon. Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana.

2. 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.

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak. Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.

Fold, n. Etym: [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]

1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.

2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16. The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.

3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Creech. Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.

Fold, v. t.

Definition: To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Fold, v. i.

Definition: To confine sheep in a fold. [R.] The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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