fold
/foʊld/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.08 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
Transitive verb
verb
To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Next, fold the paper over, so the right half is on top of the left half."
- "The newspaper was folded under his arm."
- "If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer."
- "The clothes were folded by the housekeeper."
- "Fold the egg whites into the batter."
- "8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe if you want to make life really easy for yourself, may I point you in the direction of Sunflour’s recipe, which folds four eggs and 150g ground almonds into 500g chocolate spread."
Etymology
The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Dutch vouwen, German falten. The noun is from Middle English folde, falde, itself derived from the verb.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /foʊld/
- British English: /ˈfəʊld/