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
Unless someone names it, documents it, and folds it back into your process and methodology, that new idea vanishes into the archive.—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 More recently, the company has been folding as many Fanatics verticals on top of each other as possible—utilizing the company’s relationships with athletes and influencers to further promote the web of Fanatics product and IP.
Fanatics Fest was itself a child of that strategy.—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
But while Karen was brought straight into the first-team fold, Sara was loaned back to her former club for the season.—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 8 May 2025 The administration recently announced plans to spend $45 billion more on immigration detention over the next two years, expanding the cost six fold.—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fold
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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