Definitions for folds

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Spelling: [fohld]

IPA: /foʊld/

Folds is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in folds (dflos).

Definitions for folds

noun

1. a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
2. a crease made by folding:
3. a hollow made by folding:
4. a hollow place in undulating ground:
5. Geology. a portion of strata that is folded or bent, as an anticline or syncline, or that connects two horizontal or parallel portions of strata of different levels (as a monocline).
6. Journalism. the line formed along the horizontal center of a standard-sized newspaper when it is folded after printing. a rough-and-ready dividing line, especially on the front page and other principal pages, between stories of primary and lesser importance.
7. a coil of a serpent, string, etc.
8. the act of folding or doubling over.
9. Anatomy. a margin or ridge formed by the folding of a membrane or other flat body part; plica.
10. an enclosure for sheep or, occasionally, other domestic animals.
11. the sheep kept within it.
12. a flock of sheep.
13. a church.
14. the members of a church; congregation:
15. a group sharing common beliefs, values, etc.:

Verb phrases

1. fold in, Cookery. to mix in or add (an ingredient) by gently turning one part over another:
2. fold up, Informal. to break down; collapse: to fail, especially to go out of business.

verb (used with object)

1. to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself.
2. to bring into a compact form by bending and laying parts together (often followed by up):
3. to bring (the arms, hands, etc.) together in an intertwined or crossed manner; clasp; cross:
4. to bend or wind (usually followed by about, round, etc.):
5. to bring (the wings) close to the body, as a bird on alighting.
6. to enclose; wrap; envelop:
7. to embrace or clasp; enfold:
8. Cards. to place (one's cards) facedown so as to withdraw from the play.
9. Informal. to bring to an end; close up:
10. to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.

verb (used without object)

1. to be folded or be capable of folding:
2. Cards. to place one's cards facedown so as to withdraw from the play.
3. Informal. to fail in business; be forced to close:
4. Informal. to yield or give in:

Origin of folds

before 900; (v.) Middle English folden, falden, Old English faldan; cognate with G. falten; (v.) Middle English fald, derivative of the n.; akin to Latin plicāre to fold, plectere to

Examples for folds

In two-thirds of the room, delegates sat in folding chairs across the basketball court, which was covered by mats.

Into the little parlor filed the nurses, and knelt, folding their tired hands.

“We got here hours ago,” says a man with a foot brace who's given up his spot in the amorphous line to sit on a folding chair.

So one man went back for a folding boat while the other camped by the stream.

The folding doors of the chapter-house were opened easily, and they entered.

She went to the desk and scratched a line, and folding it, handed it to him.

Patients in the former are nearly all black or Hispanic; some fifty or sixty of them wait on folding metal chairs.

Zalwar Khan returns quickly and begins his morning prayers, spreading out a plastic mat and folding his arms over his chest.

As recently as a decade ago, there was serious talk of folding at least three and possibly as many as six franchises.

Back he flew and, folding his wings, slipped into the window.