fold
To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
Verb 4 meanings
To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
“Next, fold the paper over, so the right half is on top of the left half.”
To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
“If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.”
To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
“Fold the egg whites into the batter.”
Noun 4 meanings
An act of folding.
“give the bedsheets a fold before putting them in the cupboard.”
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
Etymology
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”). Cognate with Dutch vouwen, German falten. The noun is from Middle English folde, falde, itself derived from the verb.
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FOLD at a glance
FOLD has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + L 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,145 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fold
All rhymes- TOLD5
- HOLD8
- GOLD6
- COLD7
- SOLD5
- HOUSEHOLD16
- BOLD7
- THRESHOLD16
- MOLD7
- BEHOLD12
- UPHOLD12
- UNFOLD10
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