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ALL meanings of folk

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  • noun folk Of or relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation. 1
  • noun folk Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer. 1
  • noun folk Often, folks. (used with a plural verb) people of a specified class or group: country folk; poor folks. 1
  • noun folk (used with a plural verb) people as the carriers of culture, especially as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society: The folk are the bearers of oral tradition. 1
  • noun folk folks, Informal. members of one's family; one's relatives: All his folks come from France. one's parents: Will your folks let you go? 1
  • noun folk Archaic. a people or tribe. 1
  • adjective folk of or originating among the common people: folk beliefs; a folk hero. 1
  • adjective folk having unknown origins and reflecting the traditional forms of a society: folk culture; folk art. 1
  • idioms folk just folks, Informal. (of persons) simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, or open-hearted people: He enjoyed visiting his grandparents because they were just folks. 1
  • noun folk people 1
  • noun folk traditional music style 1
  • noun plural folk parents 1
  • abbreviation FOLK family 1
  • adjective folk of ordinary people 1
  • adjective folk music: in the folk style 1
  • noun plural folk You can refer to people as folk or folks. 0
  • noun plural folk You can refer to your close family, especially your mother and father, as your folks. 0
  • countable noun folk You can use folks as a term of address when you are talking to several people. 0
  • adjective folk Folk art and customs are traditional or typical of a particular community or nation. 0
  • adjective folk Folk music is music which is traditional or typical of a particular community or nation. 0
  • adjective folk Folk is also a noun. 0
  • adjective folk Folk can be used to describe something that relates to the beliefs and opinions of ordinary people. 0
  • noun folk people in general, esp those of a particular group or class 0
  • noun folk members of a family 0
  • noun folk a people or tribe 0
  • noun folk relating to, originating from, or traditional to the common people of a country 0
  • noun folk a people or nation; ethnic group 0
  • noun folk people in general; persons 0
  • adjective folk of, originating among, or having to do with the common people, who transmit the general culture of the group through succeeding generations 0
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