fold

fold is a 4-letter English word with 25 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
2. transitive verb. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
3. transitive verb. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
4. transitive verb. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
5. intransitive verb. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
6. verb. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
7. verb. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
8. verb. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
9. noun. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
10. noun. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
11. noun. A boundary; a limit.
12. transitive verb. To confine in a fold, as sheep.
13. intransitive verb. To confine sheep in a fold.
14. noun. the act of folding

    "he gave the napkins a double fold"

    Synonyms: folding

15. noun. a pen for sheep

    Synonyms: sheepcote, sheepfold

16. noun. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

    Synonyms: plica

17. noun. a group of sheep or goats

    Synonyms: flock

18. noun. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

    Synonyms: congregation, faithful

19. noun. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

    Synonyms: folding

20. noun. an angular or rounded shape made by folding

    "a fold in the napkin"

    "a crease in his trousers"

    Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication

21. verb. incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating

    "Fold the egg whites into the batter"

22. verb. become folded or folded up

    "The bed folds in a jiffy"

23. verb. bend or lay so that one part covers the other

    "fold up the newspaper"

    "turn up your collar"

24. verb. confine in a fold, like sheep
25. verb. 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."

    Synonyms: close

Synonyms

folding, sheepcote, sheepfold, plica, flock, congregation, faithful, bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication, close

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fold:

dolf

Common word forms

folds, folded, folden, folder, folding, foldable, foldless

Words from these letters

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