fold

Significado (English)

Verb

1. To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
2. To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
3. To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
4. To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
5. To become folded; to form folds.
6. (informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
7. To give way on a point or in an argument.
8. To withdraw from betting.
9. To withdraw or quit in general.
10. To fail, to collapse, to disband.
11. Of a company, to cease to trade.
12. To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.
13. (obsolete) To plait or mat (hair) together.
14. To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
15. To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
16. To cover up, to conceal.
17. (obsolete) To ensnare, to capture.

Noun

1. An act of folding.
2. An act of folding.
3. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
4. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
5. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
6. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
7. (obsolete) That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
8. That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops.
9. A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
10. The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
11. The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
12. The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
13. Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
14. A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
15. One individual part of something described as manifold, twofold, fourfold, etc.

Noun

1. A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
2. Any enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
3. An enclosure or dwelling generally.
4. A group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
5. Home, family.
6. A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
7. A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.

Noun

The Earth; earth; land, country.

Conceptos

doblar

plegar

pliegue

dobladura

doblez

arruga

doblarse

envolver

cerrar

corral

corregir

cuna

curvar

división

enrollar

mejorar

ordenar

pasar

persuadir

rebaño

reparar

torcer

aprisco

arrollar

clausurar

derribarse

doblamiento

doblegar

embalar

enmendar

envoltorio

incorporar

liar

ovillar

plegadura

plegarse

redil

repliegue

separación

zangamanga

frunce

corrigir

quitar defectos

hacer líos

hacer un manojo

doblar ropas

enchuecar

feligreses

adornar

revolver suavemente

añadir

arreglar

bulto

ceder

cerca

circundar

componer

conjugar

Synonyms

bend

crease

pleat

wrinkle

fold up

pen

🖊️

plait

tuck

double

folding

hem

ply

wrap

pucker

close

plica

roll up

crumple

roll

curve

crimp

break

flexure

close up

shut down

enclosure

cross

turn up

plication

fail

wrap up

faithful

close down

congregation

lap

coil

collapse

ruffle

flex

flock

sheepcote

sheepfold

corrugation

stack up

corral

line

pen up

thickness

doubling

overlap

mix

break up

furl

ruga

bundle

bind

fold down the edge

fold the border

fold the edge of cloth

yard

clasp

twist

drape

arrange

crinkle

enfold

enclose

cote

layer

folded

sheep pen

founder

fox

🦊

fuddle

furrow

gauffer

go down

gofer

govern

group

henchman

herd

heterodyne

immingle

immix

imposition

improve

induce

inflect

intermix

join

jointing

jumble

kick

knock off

knot

🪢

leaf

leave off

lineage

make better

make good

manage

manner

mark

meld

member

mingle

mix in

mix up

motley

mould

obfuscate

obscure

obstinate

overlay

pack

paddle

paddock

pedigree

persuade

peter out

piece of string

pile

pit

plead

pleats

portion

pound

💷

put away

put down

quit

randomise

ravel

recess

repair

resolve

return

ridge

rile

ruck

rugosity

rumple

scramble

sign off

sinuosity

snarl

snuff out

sophisticate

stable

stir

stir up

strain

stubborn

stump

sty

sulcus

surah

swathe

tangle

tax

terminate

tie up

time

⌚

times

toss

trace

turn

turn back

turn down

tussle

twine

type

upset

wave

👋

wind

winding

wrinkles

cattle-pen

come to a stop

come to nothing

double over

fold back

fold over

go bust

make a fist

narrow opening

pull the plug

throw together

obligatory contribution

-fold

pick flowers

make tense

tie up in a bundle

something done by convention

foldover

pinfold

twist together

sheep-cote

gather a fabric in folds

bend something over

click off

rimple

kink mark

transition knuckle

edge fold

straight flange

make something curved

persuade or bend

plications

stop

🛑

get wrinkles

abolish

abrogate

accident

accordion pleats

addle

administer

adulterate

agitate

bend over

blend

bow

🙇

break off

brood

buckle

bully

call it quits

cease

cheese

🧀

close out

clutter

collapsible

commingle

commix

compel

compound

concoct

confect

confuse

conjugate

contract

control

correct

cover

cowshed

crook

cure

cut off

dart

🎯

decline

decorate

degree

derange

diploma

disarrange

disarray

discontinue

discount

disorganize

dispatch

disrupt

dissolve

division

double up

draw in

edge

embrace

enclasp

end

🔚

envelop

falter

fee

fence

fencing

finish

fix

flake

flanging

flap

flummox

flute

🪈

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈfəʊld/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés medio: folden

Inherited from inglés antiguo: fealdan

Inherited from inglés medio: folde

Inherited from inglés medio: fold

Inherited from inglés antiguo: fald

Cognate with escocés: fald

Cognate with Middle Low German: valt

Cognate with danés: fold

Cognate with sueco: fålla

Inherited from inglés medio: fooldyn

In summary

The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). The noun is from Middle English folde,falde, itself derived from the verb.

Oraciones

The tympanum and supratympanic fold are distinct .

El tímpano y el pliegue supratimpánico son distintos.