fold

• bend; pleat; crease; depression in the ground, hollow between two hills; yard; pen, sheep enclosure; flock of sheep; church; congregation; group of believers
bend; be bent; pleat; crease; wrap, enfold, envelop; stir gently; clasp, cross (i.e. the hands or arms)
-fold combines with numbers to say that something has a particular number of kinds or parts.
-fold is also used to indicate that something is multiplied a particular number of times.
if you fold a piece of paper or cloth, you bend it so that one part covers another part.
if you fold something, you make it into a smaller shape by bending it over on itself several times.
a fold in a piece of cloth or paper is a bend that you make in it when you put one part of it over another part of it. it is also used to refer to the curved shapes that are formed in a piece of cloth when it is not lying flat.
the fold is an organization or group towards which people feel a strong sense of loyalty and belonging.
if you fold a piece of furniture or equipment, you change its shape by bending or closing parts of it.
if a piece of furniture or equipment folds, you can change its shape and make it smaller by bending or closing parts of it.
if a business or organization folds, it is unsuccessful and has to close.
if you fold your arms or hands, you bring them together and cross them or link them.
see also fold.
if you fold something up, you make it into a smaller shape by bending it over on itself several times.