1. fold a sheet of paper. 2. folded the laundry; folded the chairs for stacking. 3. The hawk folded its wings. 4. a suitcase that folds out to become a display table; folded the ironing board down from the wall. 5. fold one's arms. 6. folded his children to his breast; folded the check into the letter. 7. folded the beaten egg whites into the batter. 8. They had to fold the company a year after they started it. 9. To withdraw (one's hand) in defeat, as by laying cards face down on a table. 10. To form bends in (a stratum of rock). 11. To become folded. 12. a bed that folds for easy storage. 13. To close, especially for lack of financial success; fail. 14. To withdraw from a game in defeat. 15. a team that never folded under pressure. 16. To weaken or collapse from exertion. 17. The act or an instance of folding. 18. the loose folds of the drapery; clothes stacked in neat folds. 19. tore the paper carefully along the fold. 20. A coil or bend, as of rope. 21. A hill or dale in undulating country. 22. A bend in a stratum of rock. 23. A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.
