Definition & Meaning of "fold"

(of a company, organization, etc.) to close or stop trading due to financial problems

to incorporate one ingredient into another by gently lifting and turning the mixture with a spatula or spoon

to form a crease or bend

to confine or shut livestock within a pen or enclosure

to give up one's hand and forfeit any further involvement in the current hand, usually in response to another player's bet or raise, or when a player recognizes that their hand is unlikely to win

an angular or rounded shape made by folding

a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

the act of folding

a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

a group of sheep or goats

a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock