simple past tense and past participle of fold

plural of folding

The action of folding; a fold. / The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.

(dialectal, poetic or obsolete) The Earth; earth; land, country.

(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. / (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals. / (collective) A group of sheep or goats. / (figuratively) Home, family.

present participle of fold

Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair, etc.

Used to make adjectives meaning times. / Used to make adverbs meaning times.

To confine animals in a fold.