“folded” is a form of
fold
/ˈfəʊld/ verb, noun
Forms folds folding folded folden
- verb (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. “Next, fold the paper over, so the right half is on top of the left half.”
- verb (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending. “If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.”
- verb (transitive) To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
- verb (transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid. “Fold the egg whites into the batter.”
- verb (intransitive) To become folded; to form folds. “Cardboard doesn't fold very easily.”
- verb (intransitive, informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed. “The chair folded under his enormous weight.”
- verb (transitive or intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument. “He folded that point and didn't bring it up again.”
- verb (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting. “With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded.”
- noun An act of folding. “give the bedsheets a fold before putting them in the cupboard.”
- noun Any correct move in origami.
- noun A bend or crease.
- noun A layer, such as of of folded or wrapped cloth.
- noun A clasp, embrace.
- noun A coil of a snake’s body.
- noun One of the doorleaves of a folding door.
- noun A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
- noun A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- noun Any enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
- noun An enclosure or dwelling generally.
- noun (collective) A group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
Synonyms
bend crease buckle cave cave in crumple fall over concede give in give way yield bending creasing ply enclosure pen penfold pinfold flock home plication flexure crimp congregation faithful folding plica sheepfold sheep pen sheepcote
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Etymology
The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).
Cognate with Dutch vouwen, German falten.
The noun is from Middle English folde, falde, itself derived from the verb.
The noun is from Middle English fold, fald, from Old English fald, falæd, falod (“fold, stall, stable, cattle-pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *falud, from Proto-Germanic *faludaz (“enclosure”).
Akin to Scots fald, fauld (“an enclosure for livestock”), Dutch vaalt (“dung heap”), Middle Low German valt, vālt (“an inclosed space, a yard”), Danish fold (“pen for herbivorous livestock”), Swedish fålla (“corral, pen, pound”).
The verb is from Late Middle English fooldyn, itself derived from the noun.
From Middle English folde, from Old English folde (“earth, land, country, district, region, territory, ground, soil, clay”), from Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō (“earth, ground; field; the world”). Cognate with Old Norse fold (“earth, land, field”), Norwegian and Icelandic fold (“land, earth, meadow”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
- verb To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
- verb To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi. 34.
- noun A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
Etymology [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a fold. Cf. Fauteuil.]
Etymology [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “fold”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details