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Fold

/fəʊld/
To bend something over itself to create a crease or to join more than two parts together.

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Examples:

He folded the check away in his pocket.Grent folds his hairy bear arms across his chest, leaning back.Then, folding his arms, he turned gravely to Bernard.

Etymology:

etymology
The word fold comes from the Old English fealdan, akin to Old High German faltan, meaning to make convolutions or to double something over.

Usage Statistics:

16 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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