Noun (1)
ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the foldVerb (2)fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk
the business folded after just two months Suffix
It will repay you tenfold.
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Verb
Lamination includes folding butter (preferably French) into dough again and again, creating the many billowy-on-the-inside and flaky-on-the-outside layers that implode when bitten into, before being shaped, proofed, and baked.—Amy Thomas, Vogue, 11 June 2024 For instance, folding their ears backward while flapping them appears to be a friendly gesture.—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2024
Noun
But nearly 60 years later, after increasing the computing power of ordinary machines by about 100,000 fold, Moore’s law may be on the verge of being overturned.—Peter Green, Quartz, 11 May 2024 Once rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, the two men later joined forces to assemble half a dozen policy task forces that underpinned the party’s policy platform later that year — an unusual endeavor that helped bring the Democratic socialist’s supporters into Biden’s fold.—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for fold
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Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English, from Old English fealdan; akin to Old High German faldan to fold, Greek diplasios twofold
Noun (2) and Verb (2)
Middle English, from Old English falod; akin to Old Saxon faled enclosure
Suffix
Middle English, from Old English -feald; akin to Old High German -falt -fold, Latin -plex, -plus, Old English fealdan
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