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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English folde (“earth, land, country, district, region, territory, ground, soil, clay”), from Proto-Germanic *fuldōn (“ground, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“field, plain”). Cognate with Norwegian and Icelandic fold (“land, earth, meadow”).

[edit] Noun

fold (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, poetic or obsolete) The Earth; earth.

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþanan (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *palo-, *plō- (“to fold”). Akin to Dutch vouwen, German falten, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan), Old Norse falda (Danish folde).

[edit] Verb

fold (third-person singular simple present folds, present participle folding, simple past folded or feld (obsolete), 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. (intransitive) (informal) to fall over.
    The chair folded under his enormous weight.
  4. (intransitive) to give way on a point or in an argument.
  5. To enclose within folded arms
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
      He put out his arms and folded her to his breast. And for a while she lay there sobbing. He looked at us over her bowed head, with eyes that blinked damply above his quivering nostrils. His mouth was set as steel.
  6. (intransitive) (poker) To withdraw from betting.
    With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded.
  7. (transitive) To stir gently, with a folding action.
    Fold the egg whites into the batter.
  8. (intransitive) Of a company, to cease to trade.
    The company folded after six quaters of negative growth.
[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):
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Terms derived from fold (verb)
[edit] Translations
bend (thin material) over
make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending
fall over
give way on a point or in an argument
poker: withdraw from betting
stir gently with a folding action
cease to trade
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[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.
  6. (geology) 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.
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
act of folding
bend or crease
correct move in origami
(geology) bending of originally flat planar surfaces
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[edit] Etymology 3

Old English (Anglo-Saxon) fald, contraction of falod, falæd from Germanic. Akin to Dutch vaalt, Danish fold (“pen for herbivorous livestock”), Swedish fålla.

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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.
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[edit] Translations
enclosure for domestic animals
home, family
church or congregation

[edit] Verb

fold (third-person singular simple present folds, present participle folding, simple past and past participle folded)

  1. To confine sheep in a fold.
    The star that bids the shepherd fold — Milton.

[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fɔl/, [fʌlˀ]

[edit] Etymology 1

from Old Norse faldr (“seam”).

[edit] Noun

fold c. (singular definite folden, plural indefinite folder)

  1. fold
  2. crease
  3. wrinkle
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of fold
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative fold folden folder folderne
genitive folds foldens folders foldernes

[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Noun

fold c. (singular definite folden, plural indefinite folde)

  1. fold, pen
[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of fold
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative fold folden folde foldene
genitive folds foldens foldes foldenes

[edit] Etymology 3

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[edit] Noun

fold n.

  1. multiple

[edit] Etymology 4

See folde (“to fold”).

[edit] Verb

fold

  1. imperative of folde

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse fold.

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[edit] Noun

fold f. (genitive singular foldar, plural foldir)

  1. (poetic) earth, ground, land

[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology

From a common Germanic root; probably from the same Proto-Indo-European root as the English words "field" and "fold" (as in "pen for animals", "of the fold").

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fold f.

  1. (poetic) earth, land; field
    Hvé sú jǫrð heitir, / er liggr fyr alda sonum / heimi hverjum í?
    [...] Jǫrð heitir með mǫnnum, / en með Ásum fold, / kalla vega Vanir. — verses 9 and 10 of the Alvíssmál
    How is the earth named, / that which lies before the sons of men, / in each of the worlds?
    [...] "Earth" it is named among men, / but among the Æsir "Field", / the Vanir call it "Ways".
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