To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
To stir gently, with a folding action.
To fall over; to be crushed.
To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
To give way on a point or in an argument.
To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
To become folded; to form folds.
To withdraw from betting.
To withdraw or quit in general.
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
To confine animals in a fold.
Of a company, to cease to trade.
A group of sheep or goats.
A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
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.
An act of folding.
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
A bend or crease.
Any correct move in origami.
A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
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.
In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
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.
To cover or surround with something coiled about.
To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
To perceive or follow by scent.
To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
To travel in a way that is not straight.
To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
Flatus.
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
The ability to breathe easily.
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
A bird, the dotterel.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.