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Definition fold

Etymology 1

From Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþan? (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
2. (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
3. (intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
4. (intransitive, informal) To fall over; to be crushed.
5. (transitive) To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
6. (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
7. (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
8. (intransitive, by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.
9. (transitive, cooking) To stir gently, with a folding action.
10. (intransitive, business) Of a company, to cease to trade.
11. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
12. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Noun

fold (plural folds)

1. An act of folding.
2. A bend or crease.
3. Any correct move in origami.
4. (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.
5. (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
6. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
7. (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.
8. (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

From Middle English fold, fald, from Old English fald, falæd, falod (“fold, stall, stable, cattle-pen”), from Proto-Germanic *faludaz (“enclosure”). Akin to Scots fald, fauld (“an enclosure for livestock”), Dutch vaalt (“dung heap”), Middle Low German valt, v?lt (“an inclosed space, a yard”), Danish fold (“pen for herbivorous livestock”), Swedish fålla (“corral, pen, pound”).

Noun

fold (plural folds)

1. A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
2. (collective) A group of sheep or goats.
3. (figuratively) Home, family.
4. (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.
5. A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
6. (obsolete) A boundary or limit.

Verb

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

1. To confine animals in a fold.

Etymology 3

From Middle English, from Old English folde (“earth, land, country, district, region, territory, ground, soil, clay”), from Proto-Germanic *fuld? (“ground, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“field, plain”). Cognate with Norwegian and Icelandic fold (“land, earth, meadow”).

Noun

fold (uncountable)

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

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