noun. A fenced enclosure for livestock, especially sheep.

noun. A flock of sheep.

noun. undefined

noun. A group of people or institutions bound together by common beliefs and aims.

noun. A religious congregation.

transitive verb. To place or keep (sheep, for example) in a fenced enclosure.

intransitive verb. To bend over or double up so that one part lies on another part.

intransitive verb. To make compact by doubling or bending over parts.

intransitive verb. To bring from an extended to a closed position.

intransitive verb. To bring from a compact to an extended position; unfold.

intransitive verb. To place together and intertwine.

intransitive verb. To envelop or clasp; enfold.

intransitive verb. To blend (a light ingredient) into a heavier mixture with a series of gentle turns.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To discontinue operating; close.

intransitive verb. To withdraw (one's hand) in defeat, as by laying cards face down on a table.

intransitive verb. To form bends in (a stratum of rock).

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To become folded.

intransitive verb. To be capable of being folded.

intransitive verb. To close, especially for lack of financial success; fail.

intransitive verb. To withdraw from a game in defeat.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To give in; buckle.

intransitive verb. To weaken or collapse from exertion.

noun. The act or an instance of folding.

noun. A part that has been folded over or against another.

noun. A line or mark made by folding; a crease.

noun. A coil or bend, as of rope.

noun. A hill or dale in undulating country.

noun. A bend in a stratum of rock.

noun. A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.

To double over upon itself; lay or bring one part of over or toward another by bending; bend over: used of things thin and flexible, or relatively so, as a piece of cloth, a sheet of paper, a stratum of rock, etc.: often with up.

To bring together or place over each other, as two correlated parts: as, to fold together the ends of a piece of cloth; to fold one's arms or one's hands.

To inclose in a fold or in folds; wrap up; cover up or hide away.

To inclose in or as in the arms; embrace.

To throw down; overthrow; cause to yield.

To become doubled upon itself; become bent so that one part lies over upon another.

To infold; embrace.

To yield; give way; fail.

noun. A place of protection or inclosure for domestic animals, usually for sheep.

noun. Hence A flock of sheep.

noun. A limit; a boundary.

noun. A farm-yard.

noun. The inclosure of a farm-house.

noun. A double or bend in a more or less flexible substance, as cloth; a flexure, especially one so extensive as to bring the parts on either side of the line of bending near together.

noun. The parts which are brought together by bending or folding, or one of them; specifically, a plait in a garment or in drapery: as, a broad fold of cloth.

noun. In entomology, a plica or ridge, generally inclined to one side, appearing as if the surface had been folded.

noun. plural Involved parts of a complex whole; windings: a complex arrangement or constitution; intricacy.

noun. A clasp; an embrace.

"You cannot see the softest and youngest row, or layer, of the nail cells at the base, because a fold of skin, the _nail fold_, has been doubled, or folded, over them to protect them while they are young and soft."

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amniotic folds  arnold's fold  carinate fold  clasp  conjunctlval fold  

above the fold  below the fold  fold-down  foldable  foldaway  

animal group  confine  geologic process  geological process  hold  

adjourn  retire  withdraw  

Nolde  ahold  behold  bold  bowled  

bundle  coat  curtain  curve  drapery  

KO  alveolation  alveolus  antrum  arena  

folded  folding  folds