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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fold" Quotes from Famous Books

... there was a small table on which were a few articles. He directed me to be seated at this table, and handed me a slip of paper of a size of probably four by five inches. He directed me to write the question I desired answered on this paper, and when through to fold the paper in halves three times with the writing inside. I did so while he walked to his bowl of water apparently paying no attention to me, ...

— The Lock and Key Library/Real Life #2 • Julian Hawthorne

... reason there was so much indifference to each other's merits. You have been an exception on account of your long absences, Miles, and you must look to those absences for the consolation and relief you will doubtless require. Alas! alas! that I could not now fold Grace to my heart, as a daughter and a bride, instead of standing over her grave! Nothing but Rupert's diffidence of his own claims, during our days of poverty, could have prevented him from submitting himself to so much loveliness ...

— Miles Wallingford - Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" • James Fenimore Cooper

... 'cow song' to themselves—a silly thing, made of the echoes of all pastoral sounds. There's a warbling waggoner in it, and his team jingling their bells. There's a shepherd driving his flock from the fold, bleating; and the lowing of cattle. Down falls the lark like a stone; it is time he looked for grubs. Then the Hautboys go out, gradually; for the waggoner is far on his road to market; sheep cease to bleat and cattle to low, one by one; they are on their grazing ground, and ...

— The Violin - Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators • George Hart

... their military friends, and most of them were directed to "Major Molly," the name that had been given to Molly when she was a little tot of a thing, and the pet of the fort where she lived. On this Christmas day, as she watched her mother fold up the pretty bright tartan dress that was to be her Christmas present to ...

— A Flock of Girls and Boys • Nora Perry

... of Toppid Mountain, some four miles from Enniskillen, there is one of these circles; a ring of huge stone boulders with equal spaces between stone and stone. A four-fold avenue of great blocks stretches away from it along the shoulder of the hill, ending quite abruptly at the edge of a ravine, the steep channel of a torrent. It looks as if the river, gradually undermining the hillside, ...

— Ireland, Historic and Picturesque • Charles Johnston

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