Fold - English meaning
Fold – definitions in English dictionary
verbBend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another.
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Sam folded up the mapverbCover or wrap something in (a soft or flexible material).
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A bag was folded around the bookverb(of an enterprise or organization) cease trading or operating as a result of financial problems.
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The club folded earlier this year
nounA form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth.
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The fabric fell in soft foldsnounA slight hill or hollow in the ground.
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The house lay in a fold of the hillsnounA line or crease produced in paper or cloth as the result of folding it.
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Folding clothes gives a sharp crease along the fold line.
verbShut (livestock) in a fold.
suffix(forming adjectives and adverbs from cardinal numbers) in an amount multiplied by.
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Threefoldsuffix(forming adjectives and adverbs from cardinal numbers) consisting of so many parts or facets.
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Twofold
verbTo bend something such as paper or cloth so that one part of it lies on the other part, or to be able bend in this way
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[ t ] he took his clothes out of the dryer and carefully folded them., [ m ] she folded up the map …
verbIf a business folds, it closes because of failure
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The company folded after four years, having made heavy losses., the problems are twofold - firstly,…
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Word origin
Old English -fald, -feald ; related to fold1.
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