fold

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To bend something so that one part lies over another.

   She folded the letter and put it in an envelope.

2. 2
   verb

   To bend so as to take up less space, often of furniture or objects designed for this.

   This chair folds flat for easy storage.

3. 3
   noun

   A line or mark made where something is folded or bent.

   There was a sharp fold down the middle of the page.

4. 4
   verb

   To gently mix a soft ingredient into a mixture by turning it over.

   Carefully fold the egg whites into the batter.

Appears in

The noun is from Middle English fold, fald, from Old English fald, falæd, falod (“fold, stall, stable, cattle-pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *falud, from Proto-Germanic *faludaz (“enclosure”). Akin to Scots fald, fauld (“an enclosure for livestock”), Dutch vaalt (“dung heap”), Middle Low German valt, vālt (“an inclosed space, a yard”), Danish fold (“pen for herbivorous livestock”), Swedish fålla (“corral, pen, pound”). The verb is from Late Middle English fooldyn, itself derived from the noun.

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