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(fōld) 
v., fold·ed, fold·ing, folds. v.tr.
fold2 (fōld)
n.
To place or keep (sheep, for example) in a fenced enclosure.
v., fold·ed, fold·ing, folds. v.tr.
- To bend over or double up so that one part lies on another part: fold a sheet of paper.
- To make compact by doubling or bending over parts: folded the laundry; folded the chairs for stacking.
- To bring from an extended to a closed position: The hawk folded its wings.
- To bring from a compact to an extended position; unfold: folded the ironing board down from the wall; folded out the map to see where we were.
- To place together and intertwine: fold one's arms.
- To envelop or clasp; enfold: folded his children to his breast; folded the check into the letter.
- To blend (a light ingredient) into a heavier mixture with a series of gentle turns: folded the beaten egg whites into the batter.
- Informal. To discontinue operating; close: They had to fold the company a year after they started it.
- Games. To withdraw (one's hand) in defeat, as by laying cards face down on a table.
- Geology. To form bends in (a stratum of rock).
- To become folded.
- To be capable of being folded: a bed that folds for easy storage.
- Informal. To close, especially for lack of financial success; fail.
- Games. To withdraw from a game in defeat.
- Informal.
- To give in; buckle: a team that never folded under pressure.
- To weaken or collapse from exertion.
- The act or an instance of folding.
- A part that has been folded over or against another: the loose folds of the drapery; clothes stacked in neat folds.
- A line or mark made by folding; a crease: tore the paper carefully along the fold.
- A coil or bend, as of rope.
- Chiefly British. A hill or dale in undulating country.
- Geology. A bend in a stratum of rock.
- Anatomy. A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.
[Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, faldan.]
foldable fold'a·ble adj.fold2 (fōld)
n.
- A fenced enclosure for domestic animals, especially sheep.
- A flock of sheep.
- A group of people or institutions bound together by common beliefs and aims: "He is a living testament to the wisdom of admitting lay psychoanalysts into the official fold" (Jerome Bruner).
- A religious congregation: The priest welcomed new parishioners into the fold.
To place or keep (sheep, for example) in a fenced enclosure.
[Middle English, from Old English fald.]
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In geology, an undulation or wave in the stratified rocks of the Earth's crust. Stratified rocks were originally formed from sediments that were deposited in flat, horizontal sheets, although in some places the strata are no longer horizontal but have warped. The warping may be so gentle that the inclination of the strata is barely perceptible, or it may be so pronounced that the strata of the two flanks are essentially parallel or nearly flat. Folds vary widely in size; the tops of large folds are commonly eroded away on the Earth's surface.
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The amount of information that can be viewed on screen without scrolling. This is an important design consideration when laying out a Web page so that the impact can be viewed all at once. The actual area cannot be determined exactly, because a higher screen resolution will show more than a lower one. For example, there will be more data visible in the fold if the monitor is set to 1024x768 than at 800x600. See resolution.
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verb
- To bend together or make a crease in so that one part lies over another: crease, double, pleat, ply1, ruck2. See order/disorder, smooth/rough.
- To undergo sudden financial failure: break, bust, collapse, crash, fail, go under. Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall. See money.
- To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength: bow1, buckle, capitulate, submit, succumb, surrender, yield. See resist/yield.
- To give way mentally and emotionally: break (down), collapse, crack, snap. Informal crack up. See explosion/collapse.
noun
- A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, ruck2, rumple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.
Idioms beginning with fold:
fold one's tent
See also return to the fold.
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n
Definition: crease
Antonyms: flatness
n
Definition: doubling
Antonyms: unfolding
v
Definition: encase, enclose
Antonyms: expose, free, let out, loose, loosen
v
Definition: fail, close
Antonyms: achieve, succeed
v
Definition: lay in creases
Antonyms: flatten, leave, unbend
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fold, in geology, bent or deformed arrangement of stratified rocks. These rocks may be of sedimentary or volcanic origin. Although stratified rocks are normally deposited on the earth's surface in horizontal layers (see stratification), they are often found inclined or curved upward or downward. Arches, or upfolds, in stratified rock are called anticlines; depressions or downfolds, synclines. A third type of fold, the monocline, is a steplike structure sloping in one direction only. It is more correctly called a flexure and generally passes at depth into a fracture called a fault. An imaginary line drawn along the crest of an anticline or the trough of a syncline is its axis; the two sides curving away from the axis are the limbs. If both limbs, dipping in opposite directions, make the same angle with the horizontal, and if an imaginary axial plane passed through the axis and the center of the fold is vertical and divides the fold into two equal halves, the fold is symmetrical; if the limbs make unequal angles, and if the axial plane is inclined and does not bisect the fold, the fold is asymmetric. If one limb lies partly under the other, and the axial plane is inclined, the fold is overturned; if one limb lies almost completely under the other, and the axial plane is almost horizontal, the fold is recumbent. The axis of a fold cannot be indefinitely extended parallel to the horizontal, but plunges or emerges as the fold tapers off to a plane. Certain domes are very short anticlines with axes plunging at both ends, while some basins, similarly, are synclinal structures. Folds are commonly formed at some distance below the surface, but complete folds or portions of folds are exposed by erosion. Anticlines frequently have their crests eroded, till only the worn-down stumps of the two limbs remain. In a similar manner synclines may be eroded so that only the edges of the limbs project above the surface. The ridge crests of the Appalachian Mts. are eroded limbs of folds. The nature of the original fold can generally be determined from the arrangement of the outcrops, or exposed portions; thus, two outcrops dipping toward each other mark a syncline, and two outcrops dipping away from each other, an anticline. Folds on a grand scale, extending, for example, most of the length of a continent, are known as geosynclines and geanticlines. The immediate cause of folding is generally conceded to be the horizontal compression of the earth's surface, anticlines being squeezed up by this compression and synclines formed between anticlines. The problem of the ultimate cause of fold formation is similar to that of fault formation, both being earth movements involved in mountain building and plate tectonics. Porous and permeable rocks of anticlines often contain oil and gas reservoirs. Organic remains of late Paleozoic tree fern swamps were converted to anthracite coal during the folding of the Appalachian Mts.
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The numerical designation that represents the ratio of final material of a folded oil that is left. One hundred pounds minus 90 pounds would leave 10 pounds and therefore a tenfold oil. A formula to use follows: fold = weight of starting material/weight of final material. See Folding of Extracts and Essences.
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a qualitative decription of a protein tertiary structure; folds are classified using different criteria in various structure classification databases.
| folate-binding protein, folate receptor, folate coenzyme | |
| fold recognition, fold template, foldase |
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Fold
Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - folde, pakke ind, omfavne
v. intr. - fejle, folde sig sammen, lukke, ophøre
n. - fold, flok, menighed
idioms:
- fold in røre i med let hånd
- fold one's arms lægge armene over kors
- fold up folde sammen
2.
n. - fold, lukke ind i en fold, lade gå i en fold
v. tr. - holde i fold, lukke ind i fold, lade gå i en fold
Nederlands (Dutch)
vouwen, mislukken (m.n. financieel), opsluiten in schaapskooi, omhullen, opnemen, terugtrekken uit kaartspel, beëindigen, vouw, (aard)plooi, schaapskooi, kudde schapen, groep, golving (terrein)
Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - plier, replier, croiser (les bras), joindre (les mains), (Culin) incorporer (à)
v. intr. - se plier (chaise, table), (Théât) quitter l'affiche (une pièce), (Comm) cesser les affaires, échouer (un projet), cesser (des cours)
n. - pli, (Géol) repli, (Géol) plissement, bercail
idioms:
- fold in replier (les bords) en dedans, encarter, insérer, (Culin) incorporer
- fold one's arms croiser les bras
- fold up (re)plier, replier, fermer, se replier
2.
n. - (Agric) parc à moutons
v. tr. - emparquer (des moutons)
Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - zusammenklappen, (sich) falten, pleite gehen
n. - Falte
idioms:
- fold in einklappen
- fold one's arms die Arme verschränken
- fold up zusammenfalten
2.
n. - Falz
v. - falzen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διπλώνω/-ομαι, (συμ)πτύσσω/-ομαι, (περι)τυλίγω/-ομαι, (στο χαρτοπαίγνιο) πάω πάσο, φαλίρω
n. - πτυχή, δίπλα, ζάρα, πιέτα, στάνη, μαντρί, ποίμνιο
idioms:
- fold in αναγυρίζω, συμπτύσσω/-ομαι ή διπλώνω/-ομαι προς τα μέσα
- fold one's arms σταυρώνω τα χέρια
- fold up τυλίγω, (ανα)διπλώνω/-ομαι, (για επιχειρήσεις κ.λπ.) κλείνω οριστικά, βάζω λουκέτο
Italiano (Italian)
piegare, fallire, piega
idioms:
- fold in abbracciare
- fold one's arms incrociare le braccia
- fold up fare fallimento, ripiegare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - dobrar, cruzar (braços), embrulhar
n. - dobra (f), fenda (f)
idioms:
- fold in misturar (Culin.)
- fold one's arms cruzar os braços
- fold up embrulhar
Русский (Russian)
загон для овец, лоно церкви, свой круг, отчий дом, складка, сгиб, кольцо, складывать, завертывать, окутывать, сойти со сцены, закрыть
idioms:
- fold in осторожно добавлять
- fold one's arms скрестить руки на груди, ничего не делать
- fold up прогореть, складывать
Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - plegar, doblar, arrugar, quebrar
v. intr. - doblarse, plegarse, cerrarse
n. - pliegue, doblez
idioms:
- fold in abrazar, estrechar, incorporar
- fold one's arms cruzar los brazos, cruzarse de brazos
- fold up doblar, plegar, cerrar o liquidar (negocio, compañía, etc.), envolver, fracasar
2.
n. - corral, redil
v. tr. - acorralar animales, meter en el redil
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stänga in i fålla, vika ihop, falsa (tekn.), fälla ihop, svepa in, vika ihop sig, läggas ner (om teaterpjäs), gå omkull
n. - veck, fals (tekn.), vindning, vikdörr, veckning (äv. geol.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 折叠, 交叠, 交叉, 对折, 合拢, 可以折叠, 失败, 关闭, 垮台, 可以对折, 褶层, 褶, 褶痕, 团
idioms:
- fold in 加进, 拌进, 调入
- fold one's arms 交叉双臂
- fold up 垮台
2. 羊栏, 羊群, 畜栏, 教会的信徒, 把...关进羊栏
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 羊欄, 羊群, 畜欄, 教會的信徒
v. tr. - 把...關進羊欄
2.
v. tr. - 折疊, 交疊, 交叉, 對折, 合攏
v. intr. - 可以折疊, 失敗, 關閉, 垮臺, 可以對折
n. - 折疊, 褶層, 褶, 褶痕, 團
idioms:
- fold in 加進, 拌進, 調入
- fold one's arms 交叉雙臂
- fold up 垮臺
한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~접다, (손, 발이) 끼다, ~을 싸다, 포옹하다, ~을 휘젓다
v. intr. - 접은 자국이 나다, (문이) 닫히다
n. - 접힌 곳 , 주름, 습곡
idioms:
- fold in ~을 싸다, 포장하다
- fold up 반듯하게 접다
2.
n. - 우리 울 , 양떼, 단체
v. tr. - 우리에 가두다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 折り畳む, 折り重ねる, 折り重なる, 折り曲げる, 組む, 畳む, 巻き付ける, 抱きしめる, 折る, 包む, つぶれる, おりに入れる
n. - 折り畳み, ひだ, くぼみ, 起伏, 囲い, 教会の信者
idioms:
- fold in 混ぜ込む
- fold one's arms 腕を組む
- fold up きちんとたたみ込む, つぶれる
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يلف , يطوي (الاسم) ثنيه , قطيع
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - קיפל, בחש, ערבב, עטף, קימט
v. intr. - התקפל, התקמט
n. - קמט, גיא, קפל קרקע, פי- (סופית), חלק מקופל
n. - דיר, מכלאה, קהל מאמינים, צאן מרעית
v. tr. - כלא (כבשה) בדיר
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