Meaning

23 senses
  1. An act of folding.

    give the bedsheets a fold before putting them in the cupboard.

    After two reraises in quick succession, John realised his best option for this poker hand was probably a fold.

    Faltung, Falzung, Falten

    скла́дываниеskládyvanije

    the act of folding

  2. An act of folding.

    Any correct move in origami.

    Faltung, Faltmanöver

  3. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.

    A bend or crease.

    Falz, Falte

    скла́дкаskládka

    скла́дкаskládka

  4. A layer, such as of of folded or wrapped cloth.

  5. A clasp, embrace.

  6. A coil of a snake’s body.

  7. One of the doorleaves of a folding door.

  8. A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

    (broadly)The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.

  11. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.

    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.

    Falte

    скла́дкаskládka

  12. Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.

Examples

312 sentences
  1. I folded the newspaper and put it into my briefcase.

    Я склав газету і поклав її у портфель.

    ruЯ сложил газету и убрал к себе в портфель.

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  2. Tom folded his handkerchief.

    Том склав свій носовичок.

    ruТом сложил свой носовой платок.

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  3. Tom folded his shirts.

    Том склав свої сорочки.

    ruТом сложил свои рубашки.

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  4. Tom folded the blanket.

    Том склав ковдру.

    ruТом сложил одеяло.

    deTom legte die Decke zusammen.

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  5. Fold the paper in the middle.

    Склади папір навпіл.

    ruСложите листок посередине.

    deFalte das Blatt in der Mitte.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
bend or crease:
enclosure for domestic animals:
Русский
By meaning 4
act of folding:
bend or crease:
enclosure for domestic animals:
church or congregation:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
act of folding:
correct move in origami:
bend or crease:
enclosure for domestic animals:
home, family:
church or congregation:

Origin

The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic

The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

The noun is from Middle English fold, fald, from Old English fald, falæd, falod (“fold, stall, stable, cattle-pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *falud, from Proto-Germanic *faludaz (“enclosure”).

From Middle English folde, from Old English folde (“earth, land, country, district, region, territory, ground, soil, clay”), from Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō (“earth, ground; field; the world”). Cognate with Old Norse fold (“earth, land, field”), Norwegian and Icelandic fold (“land, earth, meadow”).

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Forms

plural: folds
Singularfold
Pluralfolds

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

44 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • his arms folded
  • folded the paper
  • fold the blankets
  • folded his clothes
  • folded the towels
  • arms folded
  • folded piece of
  • folded the newspaper
  • a folded piece
  • took a folded
  • folded piece

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fold — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto