Definition of Fold

Verb: fold  fówld

1. Bend or lay so that one part covers the other
   "fold up the newspaper";
   - fold up, turn up
    
2. Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
   "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
    
3. Cease to operate or cause to cease operating
   "fold the shop";
   - close up, close, shut down, close down
    
4. Confine in a fold, like sheep
   - pen up
    
5. Become folded or folded up
   "The bed folds in a jiffy";
   - fold up

1. An angular or rounded shape made by folding
   "a fold in the napkin";
   - crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
    
2. A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
   - congregation, faithful
    
3. A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
   - folding
    
4. A group of sheep or goats
   - flock
    
5. A folded part (as in skin or muscle)
   - plica
    
6. A pen for sheep
   - sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote
    
7. The act of folding
   "he gave the napkins a double fold";
   - folding

See also:
folates
foldable

Anagrams containing the word fold

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