fold

English

/fəʊld/, /foʊld/

verb

Definitions

(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
(transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
(intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
(intransitive) To fall over; to be crushed.
(transitive) To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
(intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
(intransitive) To withdraw from betting.
(intransitive) To withdraw or quit in general.
(transitive) To stir gently, with a folding action.
(intransitive) 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English folden inherited from Old English fealdan inherited from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (fold) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light), *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

皮, 膚, 肌

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