Онлайн-словарь

 
 I.  noun 
 Etymology: Middle English, from Old English falod; akin to Old Saxon faled enclosure Date: before 12th century an enclosure for sheep, 
 
 2. a flock of sheep, a group of people or institutions that share a common faith, belief, activity, or enthusiasm, 
 
 II. transitive  verb Date: before 12th century to pen up or confine (as sheep) in a fold, 
 
 III.  verb 
 Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fealdan; akin to Old High German faldan to fold, Greek diplasios twofold Date: before 12th century transitive  verb to lay one part over another part of , to reduce the length or bulk of by doubling over , to clasp together ;  entwine  , to clasp or enwrap closely ;  embrace  , to bend (as a layer of rock) into folds, 
 
 6. to incorporate (a food ingredient) into a mixture by repeated gentle overturnings without stirring or beating, to incorporate closely, 
 
 7. to concede defeat by withdrawing (one's cards) from play (as in poker), to bring to an end, intransitive  verb to become doubled or pleated, to fail completely ;  collapse  , to fold one's cards (as in poker), foldable  adjective 
 
 IV.  noun 
 Date: 13th century
 a part doubled or laid over another part ;  pleat  , something that is folded together or that enfolds, 
 
 3. a bend or flexure produced in rock by forces operative after the depositing or consolidation of the rock, an undulation in the landscape, a margin apparently formed by the doubling upon itself of a flat anatomical structure (as a membrane), a crease made by folding something (as a newspaper)