verb / noun
fold
FOHLD/fəʊld/
To collapse material by bending it over itself.
The hands fold the paper in half along a clear crease.
Etymology
Old English fealdan described bending cloth back over itself, wrapping it up, or furling it. The selected meaning preserves that physical action: bringing one part over another.
In context
and then we're going to start by doing our edges first and you're just going to fold them over until they all overlap
More examples
- I fold the paper in half to make a card.
- A fold in the curtain hides the small tear.
- The small shop folded after years of losses.
Forms
fold · folds · folded · folding
foldable adjective — Able to be bent over itself.