fold

Meanings

To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
To become folded; to form folds.
To fall over; to be crushed.
To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
To give way on a point or in an argument.
To withdraw from betting.
To withdraw or quit in general.
To stir gently, with a folding action.
Of a company, to cease to trade.
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
To confine animals in a fold.

An act of folding.
A bend or crease.
Any correct move in origami.
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.
The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
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.
In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
A group of sheep or goats.
Home, family.
A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
The Earth; earth; land, country.

From Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną ("to fold"), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- ("to fold").
From Middle English fold, fald, from Old English fald, falæd, falod, from Proto-Germanic *faludaz ("enclosure"). Akin to Scots fald, fauld, Dutch vaalt, Middle Low German valt ("an inclosed space, a yard"), Danish fold ("pen for herbivorous livestock"), Swedish fålla ("corral, pen, pound").
From Middle English, from Old English folde, from Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō. Cognate with Old Norse fold, Norwegian and Icelandic fold.

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