Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • adjective In zoology, same as compressed .

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective made compact by bending or doubling over.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of fold.

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Examples

  • Unfortunately, the label folded before they could finish an LP or Lord Finesse could even release his EP with them.

    Even More Underground Hip Hop Compilations AKA Ohio State Caught A Bad One!! Dart Adams 2007

  • Beat, but the label folded and ­internal politics took over.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk Alex Macpherson 2010

  • Shortly after the release however, the label folded and the album was lost in obscurity.

    TheGauntlet.com 2010

  • Nash died in 1995, and the label folded soon afterward, but artists inspired by Wax

    Pitchfork: Latest News 2010

  • But Equity fell on hard times (the label folded last year) as the band was releasing their follow up CD, "A Place to Land," late in 2007.

    unknown title 2009

  • Unfortunately, Capricorn was going through some problems at the time and the label folded just as Hinton's record was due to be released.

    The Rock and Roll Report 2008

  • There were actually three issues before the title folded, the first two with Burroughs contributions.

    RealityStudio 2008

  • Unfortunately, Capricorn was going through some problems at the time and the label folded just as Hinton's record was due to be released.

    The Rock and Roll Report 2008

  • As befits their tragic stance-they borrow some classic bathing-in-pain poses from old-fashioned country-they've had bad business luck, and have been putting out their records themselves since a label folded under them in 2004.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The cost of a copy in sheets or 'folded' is 89 cents, and bound is $1.15 cents.

    Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

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  • JM was disappointed when the local blanket shop folded.

    June 27, 2011