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| fold [ fōld ] |
verb (past and past participle fold·ed, present participle fold·ing, 3rd person present singular folds) |
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1. transitive verb bend something flat: to bend something thin and flat over on itself
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2. transitive verb make something smaller by folding: to bend something over on itself more than once
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3. transitive and intransitive verb bend something to make it compact: to bend part of something so as to make it more streamlined or more compact, or undergo this process
  This can be folded for easy storage.
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4. transitive verb cover something: to wrap or cover something
folded the note inside a magazine
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5. intransitive verb go out of business: to fail and stop operating as a business
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6. intransitive verb accept defeat: to give in and accept defeat
folded in the final minutes of the game
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7. intransitive verb card games give up hand: in poker and other card games, to stop playing a hand in the belief that it cannot win
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8. transitive verb put arms around somebody: to put your arms around somebody
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9. transitive verb draw limbs toward body: to draw in the arms, legs, or hands toward the body, or place them together with the joints bent
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10. transitive verb bring wings together: to bring the wings together or next to the body
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11. transitive and intransitive verb geology distort rock layer: to cause a layer of rock to bend, or undergo this process
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12. intransitive verb biochemistry develop unique structure: to develop a specific three-dimensional structure that is unique to each different protein, in order to function properly
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refers to a protein chain
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noun (plural folds) |
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1. bent part: a part of something folded
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2. crease: a line, crease, or raised part made when something has been folded
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3. hanging folded part: a part of something that hangs in a folded shape
the heavy folds of the curtains
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4. coil: a single coil in a rope, or a snake lying in coils
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5. geology distortion in rock layer: a bend formed in a rock layer in response to forces in the rock
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6. U.K. small valley: a small valley in a hilly area
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| [ Old English fealdan< Indo-European, "to fold"] |
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| fold·a·ble adjective |
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