fold
noun
1. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a fold in the napkin
Similar word(s): bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication
Definition categories: shape, angularity
2. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Similar word(s): congregation, faithful
Definition categories: group
3. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
Similar word(s): folding
Definition categories: process
4. a group of sheep or goats
Similar word(s): flock
Definition categories: group
5. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Similar word(s): plica
Definition categories: body, structure
6. a pen for sheep
Similar word(s): sheepcote, sheepfold
Definition categories: man–made, pen
7. the act of folding
- he gave the napkins a double fold
Similar word(s): folding
Definition categories: act
Sentences with fold as a noun:
- John, X, 16: "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold."
verb
1. bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- fold up the newspaper
Definition categories: contact
2. incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
- Fold the egg whites into the batter
Definition categories: change, incorporate, integrate
3. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Similar word(s): close
Definition categories: social
4. confine in a fold, like sheep
Definition categories: contact, confine, constrain, hold, restrain
5. become folded or folded up
- The bed folds in a jiffy
Definition categories: change
Sentences with fold as a verb:
- If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.
- Cardboard doesn't fold very easily.
- The chair folded under his enormous weight.
- With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded.
- The company folded after six quarters of negative growth.
- He folded his arms in defiance.
- The star that bids the shepherd fold — Milton.