fold
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7.4
- noun
- /foʊld/
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redil
- The farmer led the sheep into the fold for the night to keep them safe from predators.
The shepherd makes such such sanctuary in a fold.
- The shepherd makes such such sanctuary in a fold.
- I was like, why is there a mule in the fold?
- So they haven't reached their native fold and are remaining bound.
Examples
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Lambs sometimes stray from the fold, but even those who stray have the right to seek the light of love.
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My child, does the shepherd not rejoice even more when the lost lamb returns to the fold?
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"Let be other sheep I have which are not of this fold.
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Tell them the flock is heading for the fold.
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I have heard there was much rejoicing in heaven... for the lost lamb that returned to the fold.
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Well, we rejoice that the lambs that were lost have returned to the fold.
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After the sheep were sheared, they returned to the fold to rest and graze.
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The shepherd gathered the flock and guided them towards the fold at sunset.
Synonyms
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3.1
A small fenced area where farmers keep animals before moving them
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6.2
A fenced or walled area for keeping sheep
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1.2
A fenced area where a farmer keeps sheep
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9.9
A small shelter or fenced area for keeping sheep
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5.1
A fenced area where animals like sheep wait briefly before someone moves them
A building on a farm where sheep are kept and have their wool cut
An enclosure where stray animals are kept until their owners get them back
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A pattern where paper, cloth, or rock is bent back and forth like an accordion
- Specialized
Skin fold at the inner corner of the eye common in many East Asian people and some health conditions
- Specialized
One of two thin pieces of tissue above the voice box that do not make sound
- Specialized
Lower band of tissue in the throat that makes sound when air passes between the two bands
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Thin bands of tissue in the voice box that vibrate to make voice when air passes between them
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A thin piece of tissue in the throat above the vocal cords that usually does not make sound
- Specialized
A fold of tissue in the voice box that protects the airway and does not make speech sounds
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A way of bending paper to make a zigzag shape like an accordion, often used in brochures and maps
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Etymology
Fold The fold meaning a sheep pen comes from an old English word for an enclosure where animals were kept; think of a sheepfold, a small pen that keeps sheep together, which explains the modern sense.