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To fold is to crease or bend something over so it covers part of itself. Before you put your clean sheets and towels away in the closet, you should probably fold them.

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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.

Noun
the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"

Noun
a pen for sheep

Noun
a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)

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

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"

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Verb
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"

Verb
become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

Verb
bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

Verb
confine in a fold, like sheep

Verb
intertwine; "fold one''s hands, arms, or legs"

Verb
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."

v. t.
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.

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

v. t.
To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

v. t.
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

v. i.
To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.

v.
A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

v.
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.

v.
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

n.
An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

n.
A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.

n.
A boundary; a limit.

v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.

v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold.

Fold

Fold , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding.] [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. f'86lla, Goth. falan, cf. Gr. twofold, Skr. pua 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.
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.
We will descend and fold him in our arms.
4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses.

Fold

Fold, v. i. 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

Fold, n. [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.
Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions.
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.
Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.

Fold

Fold, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.] 1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold.
2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
There shall be one fold and one shepherd.
The very whitest lamb in all my fold.
3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.

Fold

Fold, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Fold

Fold, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
The star that bids the shepherd fold.

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.

To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.

A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

To confine in a fold, as sheep.

To confine sheep in a fold.

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Usage Examples

I actually bought a travel guitar, and that guitar is really cool. You can actually fold the guitar, and you can plug headphones into it, but it's acoustic, or semi-acoustic.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

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Other Usage Examples

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.