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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 2 Icelandic 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) /fəʊld/, /f@Uld/
• (US) enPR: fōld, IPA: /foʊld/, SAMPA: /foUld/
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  Rhymes: -əʊld

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English fealdan, from Germanic *falþanan. Cognate with Dutch vouwen, German falten, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan), Old Norse falda (Danish folde).

[edit] Verb

to fold (third-person singular simple present folds, present participle folding, simple past folded, past participle folded or rarely folden)

1. (transitive) to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
2. (transitive) to make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

   If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.

3. (Informal) to fall over.
4. (intransitive) to give way on a point or in an argument.
5. (intransitive) (poker) To withdraw from betting.
6. (transitive) To stir gently, with a folding action.

   Fold the egg whites into the batter.

7. (intransitive) Of a company, to cease to trade.

[edit] 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):

[edit] Derived terms

• foldable
• foldaway
• foldboat
• folder
• foldover
• fold-down

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

fold (plural folds)

1. An act of folding.
2. A bend or crease.
3. Any correct move in origami.
4. (newspapers) 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.
5. (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.

[edit] Synonyms

• (act of folding): bending, creasing.
• (bend or crease): bend, crease.
• (home, family):
• (correct move in origami):

[edit] Derived terms

• above the fold
• below the fold

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English (Anglo-Saxon) fald, contraction of falæd, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch vaalt, Danish fold (“‘pen for herbivorous livestock’”), Swedish fålla.

[edit] Noun

fold (plural folds)

1. A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
2. (figuratively) Home, family.
3. (religion, Christian) A church congregation, a church, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.

   John, X, 16: "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold."

4. (obsolete) A boundary or limit.

[edit] Synonyms

• enclosure
• pen
• penfold, pinfold

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [fɔlt]

  Rhymes: -ɔlt

[edit] Noun

fold f. (genitive singular foldar, plural foldir)

1. earth
2. country