Definition of "fold" []

To bend over or double up so that one part lies on another part: fold a sheet of paper. (verb-transitive)
To make compact by doubling or bending over parts: folded the laundry; folded the chairs for stacking. (verb-transitive)
To bring from an extended to a closed position: The hawk folded its wings. (verb-transitive)
To bring from a compact to an extended position; unfold: folded the ironing board down from the wall; folded out the map to see where we were. (verb-transitive)
To place together and intertwine: fold one's arms. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fold" in a sentence

"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."
"(Below the fold is the SSRN abstract for my testimony.)"
"Lay out a heavy paper grocery sack and cut across just where the fold is at the bottom, like this."

Words like "fold"

adjourn animal group boundary clasp conceal confine embrace

envelop folded folding folds geologic process geological process hold

incorporate infold integrate limit pen plait plication

restrain retire unfold withdraw