<B>fold</B> (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bend or double over on itself. <BR> <I>Ex. You fold a letter or your napkin.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to bring together with the parts in or around one another. <BR> <I>Ex. You fold your arms.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to bring (the wings) close to the body. <BR> <I>Ex. A bird folds its wings.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to put the arms around and hold tenderly; embrace. <BR> <I>Ex. A mother folds her child to her breast.</I> (SYN) clasp. <DD><B> 5. </B>to wrap; enclose. <BR> <I>Ex. He folded the pills in a blue paper.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Poetic.) to surround; cover. <BR> <I>Ex. Light and shadow ever wander O'er the green that folds thy grave (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Informal.) to bring to a halt; close up; terminate. <BR> <I>Ex. They folded the business after only two months and with great loss.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become folded. <DD><B> 2. </B>to fail in business or other such endeavor; close up; fold up. <BR> <I>Ex. In eight years, 3,000 mines have folded and more than 200,000 miners have lost their jobs (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to pass or wind about something. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a layer of something folded; pleat. <BR> <I>Ex. a fold of linen.</I> (SYN) plait. <DD><B> 2. </B>a mark or line made by folding. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act or process of folding. <BR> <I>Ex. A fold gives two sheets of paper for one.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an enveloping layer or thickness of something. <BR> <I>Ex. to wrap a mummy in many folds of cloth.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>something that is or can be folded. <DD><B> 6a. </B>a slight hill or hollow. <BR> <I>Ex. the folds of the mountains.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Geology.) a bend or flexure occurring in a layer of rock after its stratification, having varying sizes and positions, including anticlines, synclines, and monoclines. <BR><I>expr. <B>fold in,</B> </I>to add (an ingredient) to a mixture in cooking by gently turning one part over another with strokes of a spoon. <BR> <I>Ex. to fold in beaten egg whites.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>fold up,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to make or become smaller by folding. </I> <I>Ex. Many new products can be folded up or disassembled for space-saving storage.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to break down; collapse. <BR> <I>Ex. It is less clear why the society folded up so tamely, with hardly a trace left behind (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Informal.) to fail completely; come to a halt; close up. <BR> <I>Ex. Then the business folds up and she is back where she started (Listener).</I> adj. <B>foldable.</B> </DL>
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<B>fold</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a pen to keep sheep in. <BR> <I>Ex. The shepherd and his dog drove the sheep into the fold for the night.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>sheep kept in a pen. <DD><B> b. </B>a flock of sheep. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>a church group; congregation. <DD><B> b. </B>a church. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) any group of people having common goals or interests. <BR> <I>Ex. A number of party regulars ... have returned to the fold (London Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put or keep (sheep) in a pen. </DL>
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<B>-fold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming adjectives and adverbs.) <DD><B> 1. </B>______times as many; ______times as great. <BR> <I>Ex. Tenfold = ten times as many.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>formed or divided into ______ parts. <BR> <I>Ex. Manifold = formed in many parts.</I> </DL>
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<B>fold-away, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be folded out of sight or out of the way when not in use. <BR> <I>Ex. portable models with fold-away legs (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>fold-back, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that can be folded back. <BR> <I>Ex. a fold-back dome in an auditorium to let the sky in for open-air spectacles.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> something that can be folded back. <BR> <I>Ex. the fold-back of a car's front seat.</I> </DL>
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<B>foldboat, </B>noun. <B>=faltboat.</B></DL>
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<B>folded mountain,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mountain formed when the earth's crust folds into great waves, somewhat like the folds of a washboard. An example of folded mountains is the Jura range on the French-Swiss border. </DL>
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<B>folder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a holder for papers, made by folding a piece of stiff paper. <BR> <I>Ex. Stacks of papers lay neatly sorted in labeled folders on his desk.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a pamphlet, usually made of one folded sheet. <BR> <I>Ex. The policeman handed out colorful folders about bicycle safety.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a person or thing that folds. </DL>
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<B>folderol, </B>noun. <B>=falderal.</B></DL>
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<B>folding carton</B> or <B>box,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a paperboard carton that can be folded flat. <BR> <I>Ex. June shipments of folding cartons from manufacturing plants to packagers were above June a year ago (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>folding chair,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chair that can be folded up for easier handling or storage. <BR> <I>Ex. Rows of folding chairs on sidewalk to accommodate hundred or more guests (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>folding doors,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> doors having one part attached to another by hinges so that they open and close by folding and unfolding. </DL>
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<B>folding money,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) paper money; bills. <BR> <I>Ex. a pocketful of folding money.</I> </DL>
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<B>foldout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an illustrated page that is extra long and has to be folded to fit into a book or magazine, and unfolded to be read. </DL>
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<B>folia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>folium.</B> </DL>
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<B>foliaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with leaves; leaflike; leafy. <DD><B> 2. </B>made of leaflike plates or thin layers. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Zoology.) shaped or arranged like leaves. </DL>
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<B>foliage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the leaves of a plant, especially growing leaves. <BR> <I>Ex. These naked shoots ... Shall put their graceful foliage on again (William Cowper).</I> (SYN) leafage. <DD><B> 2. </B>a decoration made of carved or painted leaves or flowers. </DL>
<B>foliageous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> containing representations of foliage. </DL>
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<B>foliage plant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any plant cultivated for ornament for the sake of its foliage rather than its flowers. </DL>
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<B>folial, </B>adjective. <B>=foliar.</B></DL>
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<B>foliar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a leaf or leaves. </DL>
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<B>foliate, </B>adjective, verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having leaves; covered with leaves. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling a leaf; leaflike. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to put forth leaves. <DD><B> 2. </B>to split into leaflike plates or thin layers. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to decorate with leaflike ornaments. (SYN) leaf. <DD><B> 2. </B>to furnish with leaves. <DD><B> 3. </B>to number the folios or leaves of (a volume). <DD><B> 4. </B>to shape like a leaf. <DD><B> 5. </B>to foil (glass); silver. </DL>
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<B>foliated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having leaves. <DD><B> 2. </B>shaped like a leaf or leaves. <DD><B> 3. </B>consisting of thin, leaflike layers or laminae. <DD><B> 4. </B>backed with foil, as glass. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Architecture.) ornamented with foils, or with foliage. <DD><B> 6. </B>(of a volume) numbered consecutively. </DL>
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<B>foliation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of growing leaves; putting forth of leaves. <BR> <I>Ex. foliation of trees in the spring.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being in leaf. <DD><B> 3. </B>leafage; foliage. <DD><B> 4. </B>decoration with leaflike ornaments or foils. <DD><B> 5a. </B>the arrangement and numbering of the folios or leaves of a volume. <DD><B> b. </B>the total number of such folios or leaves. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Geology.) <DD><B> a. </B>the property of splitting up into leaflike layers. <DD><B> b. </B>the leaflike plates or layers into which crystalline rocks are divided. <DD><B> 7. </B>the beating of metal into foil. <DD><B> 8. </B>the application of foil to glass to form a mirror. </DL>
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<B>foliature, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cluster of leaves; foliage. </DL>
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<B>folic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biochemistry.) a constituent of the vitamin B complex, found in green leaves and animal tissue, thought to be useful in treating anemia. </DL>
<B>folie a deux, </B>pl. <B>folies a deux.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychiatry.) a mental disorder shared by two closely associated persons, such as man and wife. </DL>
