fold

Definitions of fold in various dictionaries:

noun - an angular or rounded shape made by folding

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

noun - a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

noun - a group of sheep or goats

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

noun - a pen for sheep

noun - the act of folding

verb - bend or lay so that one part covers the other

verb - incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating

verb - cease to operate or cause to cease operating

verb - confine in a fold, like sheep

verb - become folded or folded up

To bend over or double up so that one part lies on another part: fold a sheet of paper.

To make compact by doubling or bending over parts: folded the laundry; folded the chairs for stacking.

To bring from an extended to a closed position: The hawk folded its wings.

To bring from a compact to an extended position; unfold: a suitcase that folds out to become a display table; folded the ironing board down from the wall.

To place together and intertwine: fold one’s arms.

To envelop or clasp; enfold: folded his children to his breast; folded the check into the letter.

To blend in (a cooking ingredient) by gently turning a mixture on top of it: folded the beaten egg whites into the batter.

To discontinue operating; close: They had to fold the company a year after they started it.

To withdraw (one’s hand) in defeat, as by laying cards face down on a table.

To form bends in (a stratum of rock).

To become folded.

To be capable of being folded: a bed that folds for easy storage.

To close, especially for lack of financial success; fail.

To withdraw from a game in defeat.

Informal.

To give in; buckle: a team that never folded under pressure.

To weaken or collapse from exertion.

The act or an instance of folding.

A part that has been folded over or against another: the loose folds of the drapery; clothes stacked in neat folds.

A line or mark made by folding; a crease: tore the paper carefully along the fold.

A coil or bend, as of rope.

Chiefly British.

A bend in a stratum of rock.

A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.

A fenced enclosure for domestic animals, especially sheep.

A flock of sheep.

A group of people or institutions bound together by common beliefs and aims: “He is a living testament to the wisdom of admitting lay psychoanalysts into the official fold” (Jerome Bruner).

A religious congregation: The priest welcomed new parishioners into the fold.

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