folds

Noun

fold (plural folds)

1. An act of folding.
   • give the bedsheets a fold before putting them in the cupboard.

   Synonyms:

   bending, creasing

   1. Any correct move in origami.
2. A bend or crease.
   • […] There sat the Shadow fear’d of man;
     Who broke our fair companionship,
     ⁠And spread his mantle dark and cold;
     And wrapt thee formless in the fold, […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 37

   Synonyms:

   bend, crease

3. A layer, such as of of folded or wrapped cloth.
   • […] the Ancient Ægyptian Mummies, were ſhrowded in a Number of Folds of Linnen, beſmeared with Gummes, in manner of Seare-Cloth; […]1631, Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee...

   Synonyms:

   ply

4. A clasp, embrace.
   • […] the weake wanton Cupid Shall from your necke vnlooſe his amorous fould, […]c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
5. A coil of a snake’s body.

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