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fold

noun
  1. the act of folding
    “I gave the napkins a double fold.”
    folding
  2. a pen for sheep
    sheepfoldsheep pensheepcote
  3. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
    plica
  4. a group of sheep or goats
    flock
  5. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
    congregation
  6. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
    folding
  7. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
    “a fold in the napkin”
    flexure
verb
  1. incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
  2. become folded or folded up
    “The bed folds in a jiffy”
    fold up
  3. bend or lay so that one part covers the other
    “fold up the newspaper”
    turn upfold up
  4. confine in a fold, like sheep
    pen up
  5. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
    closeclose upshut downclose down