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Fold   /foʊld/   Listen
noun
Fold  n.  
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." " Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions."
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."
Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.


Fold  n.  
1.
An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. "Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold."
2.
A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. " There shall be one fold and one shepherd." " The very whitest lamb in all my fold."
3.
A boundary; a limit. (Obs.)
Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.


verb
Fold  v. t.  (past & past part. folded; pres. part. folding)  
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."
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." "We will descend and fold him in our arms."
4.
To cover or wrap up; to conceal. "Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses."


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


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.


Fold  v. i.  To confine sheep in a fold. (R.) "The star that bids the shepherd fold."





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"Fold" Quotes from Famous Books



... At home fold your napkin when you are done with it and place it in your ring. If you are visiting, leave your napkin ...
— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young
... worthy who look upon Him. [So far the sentence has been in oratio recta, but here it becomes oblique.] And [they say] that there is this distinction in dwelling between those who bear fruit an hundred fold and those who bear sixty and those who bear thirty, some of whom shall be carried off into the Heavens, some shall stay in Paradise, and some shall dwell in the City. And for this reason, [they say that] the Lord declared ...
— The Gospels in the Second Century - An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work - Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' • William Sanday
... the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently ...
— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe
... me; and that I forgive you—as far as the evil of it affects me. As for your declaration of attachment to me personally, I have received many similar ones that have flattered me less. But there are certain scruples between us. You will not court a woman a hundred-fold richer than yourself; and I will not entertain a prize-fighter. My wealth frightens every man who is not a knave; and your profession frightens every woman who is ...
— Cashel Byron's Profession • George Bernard Shaw
... feast, exceeding great, the heathens he brought thereto, he weened most well to do; thither came thanes, knights and swains. And all that knew of book (the Christians) forsook the feast, for the heathen men were highest in the court, and the Christian fold was held for base; the heathens were blithe, for the king loved them greatly. Hengest bethought him what he might do; he came to the king, with a hailing (salutation), and drank to the king. Then thus spake Hengest, fairest of all knights who lived ...
— Brut • Layamon


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