Fold \Fold\, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]

1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. [1913 Webster]

Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. [1913 Webster]

There shall be one fold and one shepherd. --John x. 16. [1913 Webster]

The very whitest lamb in all my fold. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.]

--Creech. [1913 Webster]

Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Fold \Fold\, v. i. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. --1 Kings vi. 34. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Fold \Fold\, n. [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]

1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. [1913 Webster]

Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. --J. D. Dana. [1913 Webster]

2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four. [1913 Webster]

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. [1913 Webster]

Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Fold \Fold\ (f[=o]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding.]

[OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. f[*a]lla, Goth. fal[thorn]an, cf. Gr. di-pla`sios twofold, Skr. pu[.t]a a fold. Cf. Fauteuil.]

1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. [1913 Webster]

As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. --Heb. i. 12. [1913 Webster]

2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair. [1913 Webster]

3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. [1913 Webster]

A face folded in sorrow. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]

We will descend and fold him in our arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. [1913 Webster]

Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Fold \Fold\, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Fold \Fold\, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]

[1913 Webster]

The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] foldable

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Fold \Fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding.]

[OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. f[*a]lla, Goth. fal?an, cf. Gr.? twofold, Skr. pu?a a fold. Cf. Fauteuil.]

1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. --Heb. i. 12.

2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

A face folded in sorrow. --J. Webster.

We will descend and fold him in our arms. --Shak.

4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fold \Fold\, v. i. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. --1 Kings vi. 34.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fold \Fold\, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fold \Fold\, n. [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]

1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. --Bacon.

Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. --J. D. Dana.

2. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. --Shak.

Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fold \Fold\, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]

The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fold \Fold\, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]

1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. --Milton.

2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.

There shall be one fold and one shepherd. --John x. 16.

The very whitest lamb in all my fold. --Tennyson.

3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.]

--Creech.

Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)