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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



... very soon found what was wrong with father. 'Eh, poor soul!' said he to me, 'he's the hundredth sheep that's got lost out on the moor, and he reckons the Shepherd'll bide warm in the fold with the ninety and nine, and never give a thought to him, poor, starved, straying thing! Dear, dear!—and as if I'd do such a thing, sinner that I am!—as if I could eat a crust in peace till I'd been after my sheep, poor wretch!—and to think the good Lord'd do it!—and ...
— The Maidens' Lodge - None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) • Emily Sarah Holt
... superintendents of orphan asylums to bring with them personal maids and Chinese chows. The night watchman and housekeeper, who had waited up to receive me, were thrown into an awful flutter. They had never seen the like of Sing, and thought that I was introducing a wolf into the fold. I reassured them as to his dogginess, and the watchman, after studying his black tongue, ventured a witticism. He wanted to know if I fed him ...
— Dear Enemy • Jean Webster
... don't like to handle copy that isn't typed. It's too hard on the eyes and takes us too long. However, we must make the best of it, I suppose. Only be sure to write plainly and on but one side of the paper; and do not fold or roll your sheets. That is one thing no publisher will stand for—rolled manuscript. ...
— Paul and the Printing Press • Sara Ware Bassett
... snarl of gloating he rolled the ruby in a fold of his turban, locked the box, and ...
— Caste • W. A. Fraser
... the cotton-gin, cotton became the principal article of export from the United States; cotton plantations rapidly increased in size and number, and their owners multiplied their slaves and grew rich. Cotton production increased from 1793 to 1860 one thousand fold. ...
— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer


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