Fold (album)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of folding
"He gave the napkins a double fold"
(2) A pen for sheep
(3) A folded part (as in skin or muscle)
(4) A group of sheep or goats
(5) A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
(6) A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
(7) 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"
verb
(8) Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
"Fold the egg whites into the batter"
(9) Bend or lay so that one part covers the other
"Fold up the newspaper"
"Turn up your collar"
(10) Confine in a fold, like sheep
(11) Intertwine
"Fold one's hands, arms, or legs"
(12) 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"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
fealdan, from Germanic *falþanan. Cognate with Dutch vouwen, German falten, Gothic , Old Norse (Danish ).
Verb
- to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- to make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.
- (Informal) to fall over.
- to give way on a point or in an argument.
- (poker) To withdraw from betting.
- To stir gently, with a folding action.
- Fold the egg whites into the batter.
- Of a company, to cease to trade.
Synonyms
- (bend (thin material) over): bend, crease
- (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending):
- (fall over): fall over
- (give way on a point or in an argument): concede, give in, give way, yield
- (poker: withdraw from betting):
- (stir gently with a folding action):
- (cease to trade):
Noun
- An act of folding.
- A bend or crease.
- Any correct move in origami.
- The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
Synonyms
- (act of folding): bending, creasing.
- (bend or crease): bend, crease.
- (home, family):
- (correct move in origami):
Etymology 2
(Anglo-Saxon) fald, contraction of falæd, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch vaalt, Danish , Swedish fålla.