refold

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/ɹiːˈfoʊld/

verb

To fold again.

OriginEnglish fold ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrefold (third-person singular simple present refolds, present participle refolding, simple past and past participle refolded)

present singular third person refolds · participle present refolding · participle past refolded · past refolded

  1. To fold again.

    'We must leave this place directly,' said Mr. Pickwick, as he refolded the note.

    1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishfold
  7. Englishrefold

From re- + fold.

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Translations

German neu falten
  • neu faltenfold again
Irish athfhill
  • athfhillfold again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

folderElford
Cite this entry
APA

refold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refold

MLA

“refold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refold.

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