fold
Verb:
- To bend or lay one part over another: To cause something to bend so that one section covers another.
- To become bent or doubled over: To be capable of bending or being bent into a more compact shape.
- To incorporate by gentle mixing: To mix a light ingredient into a heavier mixture using a gentle, turning motion.
- To cease operation: To close down a business or organization.
- To confine in an enclosure: To pen animals, especially sheep, into a confined area.
Noun:
- A bend or crease: A line or mark made by folding, or the state of being folded.
- An enclosure for livestock: A pen or fenced area for sheep.
- A group with shared beliefs: A community of people sharing a common faith, often meeting in a specific church.
- A group of animals: A flock, especially of sheep or goats.
- A geological formation: A bend or curve in layers of rock.
Verb:
- Please fold the letter before putting it in the envelope.
- This table can fold for easy storage.
- Carefully fold the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture.
- The company had to fold due to financial losses.
- The shepherd will fold the sheep at dusk.
Noun:
- She made a neat fold in the paper.
- The sheep were safe in the fold.
- He welcomed new members into the church fold.
- A fold of mountains sheltered the valley.
- The geologist studied the rock fold.
"to fold one's arms": To cross one's arms in front of the chest.
- He stood silently, folding his arms across his chest.
"to fold under pressure": To give in or collapse when faced with difficulty or stress.
- The team began to fold under the intense pressure of the final minutes.
"to fold into": To blend or integrate something seamlessly.
- The new evidence was folded into the existing theory.
Folder (n): A cover or holder for organizing papers, often with folds.
- She kept the documents in a blue folder.
Unfold (v): To open or spread out something that has been folded.
- He began to unfold the map on the table.
Foldable (adj): Capable of being folded.
- We bought a foldable chair for the trip.
- Bend: To curve or flex something.
- Crease: A line or wrinkle made by folding.
- Close: To shut down a business.
- Flock: A group of animals, especially birds or sheep.
- Congregation: A group of people assembled for religious worship.
Fold up: To make something compact by folding; to collapse or fail.
- Can you fold up these blankets?
- His business folded up after only six months.
Fold in: To mix an ingredient gently into a mixture.
- Next, fold in the chopped nuts.
Fold over: To bend something so that it covers itself.
- Fold over the edge of the pastry to seal it.
Return to the fold: To come back to a group, community, or set of beliefs one has left.
- After years away, she decided to return to the family fold.
Above/beyond the fold: Refers to content placed in the upper half of a newspaper's front page (or a website's screen) where it is immediately visible.
- The editor wanted the biggest story to be above the fold.
- become folded or folded up
- The bed folds in a jiffy
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- The owners decided to move and to close the factory
- My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
- close up the shop
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
- Fold the egg whites into the batter
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- fold up the newspaper
- turn up your collar
- the act of folding
- he gave the napkins a double fold
- a pen for sheep
- a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
- a group of sheep or goats
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- 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