Definitions for the word "fold" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v.
A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A boundary; a limit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v.
1 a bend or close (a flexible thing) over upon itself. B (foll. By back, over, down) bend part of (a thing) (fold down the flap). 2 become or be able to be folded. 3 (foll. By away, up) make compact by folding. 4 (often foll. By up) colloq. Collapse, cease to function. 5 enfold (esp. Fold in the arms or to the breast). 6 (foll. By about, round) clasp (the arms). 7 (foll. By in) mix (an ingredient with others) gently. n. 1 folding. 2 line made by folding. 3 folded part. 4 hollow among hills. 5 curvature of geological strata.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
15. n.
1 = *sheepfold. 2 religious group or congregation. v. Enclose (sheep) in a fold. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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