Definitions
1.VerbTo bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
2.VerbTo make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending."If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer."
3.VerbTo draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
4.VerbTo stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid."Fold the egg whites into the batter."
5.VerbTo become folded; to form folds."Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."
6.VerbTo fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed."The chair folded under his enormous weight."
7.VerbTo give way on a point or in an argument.
8.VerbTo withdraw from betting."With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded."
9.VerbTo withdraw or quit in general.
10.VerbTo fail, to collapse, to disband.
11.VerbOf a company, to cease to trade."The company folded after six quarters of negative growth."
12.VerbTo double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other."He folded his arms in defiance."
13.VerbTo plait or mat (hair) together.
14.VerbTo enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
15.VerbTo enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
16.VerbTo cover up, to conceal.
17.VerbTo ensnare, to capture.
18.VerbTo split (a line of text) across multiple lines, to obey line length limitations.
19.NounAn 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 was probably a fold."
20.NounAny correct move in origami.
21.NounThat which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
A bend or crease.
22.NounA bend or crease.
23.NounA layer, typically of folded or wrapped cloth.
24.NounA clasp, embrace.
25.NounA coil of a snake’s body.
26.NounA wrapping or covering.
27.NounOne of the doorleaves of a folding door.
28.NounA gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
29.NounThe 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.
30.NounThe division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
31.NounThe division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
32.NounAny of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
33.NounA section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
34.NounOne individual part of something described as manifold, twofold, fourfold, etc.
35.NounA pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
36.NounAny enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
37.NounAn enclosure or dwelling generally.
38.NounA group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
39.NounHome, family.
40.NounA church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
41.NounA group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
42.VerbTo confine (animals) in a fold, to pen in.
43.VerbTo include in a spiritual ‘flock’ or group of the saved, etc.
44.VerbTo place sheep on (a piece of land) in order to manure it.
45.NounThe Earth; earth; land, country.