fold
fohld
- n an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a fold in the napkin - n a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- n a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- n a group of sheep or goats
- n a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
- n a pen for sheep
- n the act of folding
he gave the napkins a double fold - v bend or lay so that one part covers the other
fold up the newspaper - v incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
- v cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- v confine in a fold, like sheep
- v become folded or folded up
The bed folds in a jiffy
- But marriage is down 30% since 1970, with the number of unmarried couples living together up 10-fold since 1960.
- Lots of commentary about the Congressional Democrats "folding" on important issues the past few days.
- Now he's tackling the hottest folding problem of the day: finding the rules that govern how protein molecules twist into the complex shapes that are key to their biological function.