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Fold

noun

1.

An angular or rounded shape made by folding. Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication. "A crease in his trousers" , "A plication on her blouse" , "A flexure of the colon" , "A bend of his elbow"

2.

A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church. Synonyms: congregation, faithful.

3.

A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock. Synonym: folding.

4.

A group of sheep or goats. Synonym: flock.

5.

A folded part (as in skin or muscle). Synonym: plica.

6.

A pen for sheep. Synonyms: sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold.

7.

The act of folding. Synonym: folding.

verb

(past & past part. folded; pres. part. folding)

1.

Bend or lay so that one part covers the other. Synonyms: fold up, turn up. "Turn up your collar"

2.

Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating.

3.

Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. Synonyms: close, close down, close up, shut down. "My business closes every night at 8 P.M." , "Close up the shop"

4.

Confine in a fold, like sheep. Synonym: pen up.

5.

Become folded or folded up. Synonym: fold up.

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"Fold" Quotes from Famous Books

... At home fold your napkin when you are done with it and place it in your ring. If you are visiting, leave your napkin ...

— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young

... worthy who look upon Him. [So far the sentence has been in oratio recta, but here it becomes oblique.] And [they say] that there is this distinction in dwelling between those who bear fruit an hundred fold and those who bear sixty and those who bear thirty, some of whom shall be carried off into the Heavens, some shall stay in Paradise, and some shall dwell in the City. And for this reason, [they say that] the Lord declared ...

— The Gospels in the Second Century - An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work - Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' • William Sanday

... the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently ...

— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe

... me; and that I forgive you—as far as the evil of it affects me. As for your declaration of attachment to me personally, I have received many similar ones that have flattered me less. But there are certain scruples between us. You will not court a woman a hundred-fold richer than yourself; and I will not entertain a prize-fighter. My wealth frightens every man who is not a knave; and your profession frightens every woman who is ...

— Cashel Byron's Profession • George Bernard Shaw

... feast, exceeding great, the heathens he brought thereto, he weened most well to do; thither came thanes, knights and swains. And all that knew of book (the Christians) forsook the feast, for the heathen men were highest in the court, and the Christian fold was held for base; the heathens were blithe, for the king loved them greatly. Hengest bethought him what he might do; he came to the king, with a hailing (salutation), and drank to the king. Then thus spake Hengest, fairest of all knights who lived ...

— Brut • Layamon

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