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Fold

/fəʊld/

An act of folding.

📖 Definitions of "Fold"

noun
  1. 1

    An act of folding.

    "After two reraises in quick succession, John realised his best option was probably a fold."

  2. 2

    A bend or crease.

  3. 3

    Any correct move in origami.

  4. 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.

verb
  1. 1

    To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

  2. 2

    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. 3

    To become folded; to form folds.

    "Cardboard doesn't fold very easily."

  4. 4

    To fall over; to be crushed.

    "The chair folded under his enormous weight."

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