Showing posts with label folded. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folded. Show all posts

Thursday, March 20, 2014

fold, foaled

Fold or fold means to bend something, such as cloth or paper, in half, or over on itself in some other shape--
Fold the paper in half, so it will fit in the bag.
She doesn't like the way I fold the laundry.

Fold also means a pen or enclosure for sheep or other animals--
Our dog will drive the sheep into the fold.
Fold may also mean a flock of sheep, or a flock in general, literally or figuratively--
The dog watched over the fold while the shepherd slept.
Their pastor refers to the church as "the fold".

Foaled or foaled ( rhymes with fold ) is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "foal", meaning, when said of a horse, to give birth--
She foaled last night, while we were asleep.
Our mare had some problems the last time she foaled.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The mare foaled last night in this cold weather; make sure to fold a blanket over her."

Note--the past tense of "fold", meaning to bend something over on itself,  is "folded"--
She took the laundry off the line and folded it.