Fold

What do we mean by fold?

A fenced enclosure for livestock, especially sheep. noun

A flock of sheep. noun

A group of people or institutions bound together by common beliefs and aims. noun

A religious congregation. noun

To place or keep (sheep, for example) in a fenced enclosure. transitive verb

To bend over or double up so that one part lies on another part. intransitive verb

To make compact by doubling or bending over parts. intransitive verb

To bring from an extended to a closed position. intransitive verb

To bring from a compact to an extended position; unfold. intransitive verb

To place together and intertwine. intransitive verb

To envelop or clasp; enfold. intransitive verb

To blend (a light ingredient) into a heavier mixture with a series of gentle turns. intransitive verb

To discontinue operating; close. intransitive verb

To withdraw (one's hand) in defeat, as by laying cards face down on a table. intransitive verb

To form bends in (a stratum of rock). intransitive verb

To become folded. intransitive verb

To be capable of being folded. intransitive verb

An act of folding.

A bend or crease.

Any correct move in origami.

(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.

(by extension) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.

That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.

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.

In functional programming, 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.

Words that are spelled similarly to fold:
fold.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fold:
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Words that rhyme with fold:
hold, gold, threshold, cold, mold, bold, old, uphold, withhold, behold, mould, manifold, scold, ahold, household, twofold, unfold, marigold, stronghold, told, extolled, foothold, sold, controlled, blindfold, wold, freehold, untold, centerfold, threefold, chokehold, stranglehold, tenfold, enfold, enrolled, olde, stoled, toehold, rolled, white gold, trolled, leasehold, handhold, woald, mangold, twould, uncontrolled, fourfold, billfold, take hold, sevenfold, holed, cajoled, polled, fivefold, foretold, pigeonholed, doled, poled, soled, ninefold, tolled, old gold, bowled, souled, sixfold, nould, consoled, undersold, paroled, patrolled, wolde, eightfold, slime mold, tholed, leopold, slime mould, resold, nolde, all told, strolled, head cold, remold, shoaled, toled, griswold, common cold, foaled, unsold, golde, penfold, roald, bankrolled, nold, acapulco gold, green gold, oversold, diebold, buttonholed, potholed.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fold:
vocal, many, several, nasolabial, double, aryepiglottic, mucobuccal, single, true, democratic, posterior, anterior, epicanthic, anticlinal, republican, longitudinal, vertical, like, deep, proximal, thin, peritoneal, right, left, broad, loose, epiglottic, lateral, membranous, shaped, circular, three, prominent, inner, narrow, epicanthal, median, upper, recumbent, two, triangular, mucosal, umbilical, labial, crescentic, thick, horizontal, amniotic, top, sublingual, slight, hundred, liberal, eight, mongolian, outer, sharp, arab, communist, distinct, anglican, buccal, operative, soft, five, diagonal, monoclinal, medial, oblique, extra, antihelical, overall, aryan, retrotarsal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fold:
increase, axis, axes, division, excess, symmetry, out, purpose, difference, classification, reduction, line, lines, belt, decrease, path, dilutions, nature, range, dilution, change, rise, purification, character, increases, thrust, mountains, validation, pattern, belts, structure, variation, process, function, effect, aspect, improvement, thickness, coordination, paralysis, risk, concentration, structures, distinction, degeneracy, table, task, object, rotation, test, expansion, advantage, typology, degenerate, enhancement, enrichment, ministry, meaning, scheme, stimulation, magnification, repetition, recognition, induction, significance, objective, amplification, limbs, cord, sites, strategy, hinges, viz, elevation, aim, paper, relation, formation.

Consonant match to fold:
field, filled, failed, felled, foiled, filed, fooled, feld, furled, fouled, fauld, foaled, feild, fowled, fulled, fuld, felde.

Words that sound like fold:
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