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say it: fohld
fold is a noun and verb meaning "an angular or rounded shape made by folding". It is pronounced /ˈfoʊld/ — fohld. It carries 12 recorded senses.
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
a group of sheep or goats
a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
the act of folding
“he gave the napkins a double fold”
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
“Fold the egg whites into the batter”
cease to operate or cause to cease operating
“The owners decided to move and to close the factory”
“My business closes every night at 8 P.M.”
“close up the shop”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fold come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.