A Quick and Simple Dictionary

fold

1. Noun.  (dialectal, poetic) The Earth; earth.
2. Verb.  (transitive) to bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
3. Verb.  (transitive) to make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
4. Verb.  (intransitive) (informal) to fall over.
5. Verb.  (intransitive) to give way on a point or in an argument.
6. Verb.  To enclose within folded arms.
7. Verb.  (intransitive) (poker) To withdraw from betting.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To stir gently, with a folding action.
9. Verb.  (intransitive) Of a company, to cease to trade.
10. Noun.  An act of folding.
11. Noun.  A bend or crease.
12. Noun.  Any correct move in origami.
13. Noun.  (newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually ''the fold''.
14. Noun.  (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually ''the fold''.
15. Noun.  (geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
16. Noun.  A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
17. Noun.  (figuratively) Home, family..
18. Noun.  (religion, Christian) A church congregation, a church, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
19. Noun.  (obsolete) A boundary or limit.
20. Verb.  To confine sheep in a fold.