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noun American English pronunciation: fold /foʊld/ 
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singularfold
pluralfolds
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  1. 1
    [countable] a bend or line on a piece of paper or cloth that you make when you press one part of it over another

    Make a second fold 5 inches above the first.

    Open the paper flat and cut along the fold.

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  2. 2
    [countable] [usually plural] a curved piece of cloth that hangs in a loose way

    the soft folds of the curtain

    Her elegant legs were hidden in the folds of her skirt.

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    1. a.
      [countable] an area of skin that hangs in a loose way on someone's body

      folds of fat flesh

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  3. 3

    the fold

     a group of people who share the same ideas or goals or who live or work together
    in the fold:

    He is now firmly back in the conservative fold.

    return/come back to the fold:

    Emily longed to return to the family fold.

    bring someone back to the fold:

    We are hoping that these policies will bring reluctant voters back to the fold.

    leave/stray from the fold:

    Many Western Marxists left the Communist fold in the 1970s.

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