Fold



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 羊栏, 畜栏; v. 折叠
• ［英］ n. 羊栏, 畜栏 ( a pen in which to keep sheep) ;
• ［类］ crease : folding / hole : perforating ( 折叠产生折痕 / 打洞形成洞)
• ［例］ receive somebody back into the fold ( 重新接受某人入会)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English falod; akin to Old Saxon faled enclosure
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. an enclosure for sheep
• 2.
  • a. a flock of sheep
  • b. a group of people or institutions that share a common faith, belief, activity, or enthusiasm

II. transitive verb

• Date: before 12th century
• to pen up or confine (as sheep) in a fold

III. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fealdan; akin to Old High German faldan to fold, Greek diplasios twofold
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to lay one part over another part of <fold a letter>
  • 2. to reduce the length or bulk of by doubling over <fold a tent>
  • 3. to clasp together ; entwine <fold the hands>
  • 4. to clasp or enwrap closely ; embrace
  • 5. to bend (as a layer of rock) into folds
  • 6.
    • a. to incorporate (a food ingredient) into a mixture by repeated gentle overturnings without stirring or beating
    • b. to incorporate closely
  • 7.
    • a. to concede defeat by withdrawing (one's cards) from play (as in poker)
    • b. to bring to an end
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become doubled or pleated
  • 2. to fail completely ; collapse; especially to go out of business
  • 3. to fold one's cards (as in poker)
• ? foldable adjective

IV. noun

• Date: 13th century
• 1. a part doubled or laid over another part ; pleat
• 2. something that is folded together or that enfolds
• 3.
  • a. a bend or flexure produced in rock by forces operative after the depositing or consolidation of the rock
  • b. chiefly British an undulation in the landscape
• 4. a margin apparently formed by the doubling upon itself of a flat anatomical structure (as a membrane)
• 5. a crease made by folding something (as a newspaper)

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