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Fold Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fold?
[n] the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
[n] a pen for sheep [n] a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle) [n] a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [n] an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [adj] (used in combination) multiplied by a specified number; "`fold' is a combing form in expressions like `a fiftyfold increase'" [v] incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter" [v] become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy" [v] bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" [v] confine in a fold, like sheep [v] intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs" [v] cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M." Synonyms | Synonyms for Fold: bend | close | close down | congregation | crease | crimp | faithful | flexure | fold up | fold up | folding | multiple | pen up | plica | plication | sheep pen | sheepcote | sheepfold | shut down | turn up Related Terms | Find terms related to Fold: alveolation | alveolus | antrum | arena | armpit | assembly | average | bang | bar | barricade | basin | batten | batten down | be ruined | become insolvent | bend | bisect | bolt | bomb | bosom | bowl | break | brethren | bust | button | button up | call off | cancel | cave | cave in | cavity | choke | choke off | churchgoers | cincture | clap | clasp | class | clip | close | close down | close up | coat | coating | collapse | collop | complete | concave | concavity | confine | congregation | constrict | contain | container | contract | coop | corrugation | court | courtyard | cover | covering | crap out | crash | crater | crease | crimp | crinkle | crisp | crypt | cup | curtilage | cut | deal | deflate | delete | delimited field | depression | dip | disk | dispose of | dog-ear | double | double over | draw a blank | drop a bomb | drop the ball | drop the curtain | embosom | embrace | enclave | enclose | enclosure | end off | enfold | envelop | enwrap | expunge | extinguish | fail | fall in | fan | fasten | feuille | field | film | finalize | finish | flap | flock | flop | flounce | flummox | flute | foil | fold over | fold up | follicle | frill | funnel chest | furrow | gather | get it over | get left | get over with | get through with | give the quietus | give way | go bankrupt | go broke | go into receivership | go to pot | go to ruin | go under | go up | ground | hole | hollow | hollow shell | hug | implode | infold | interfold | kayo | key | kibosh | kill | knock out | KO | lacuna | laity | lamella | lamina | laminated glass | laminated wood | lap | lap over | latch | lay an egg | laymen | leaf | list | lock | lock out | lock up | lose out | membrane | middle | minyan | nonclerics | nonordained persons | not hack it | not make it | occlude | overlap | padlock | pale | paling | pane | panel | parish | parishioners | park | patina | peel | pellicle | pen | people | perfect | pit | plait | plank | plat | plate | plating | pleat | plica | plicate | plumb | ply | plywood | pocket | polish off | press | pucker | punch bowl | puncture | put paid to | quad | quadrangle | quill | rasher | ridge | rimple | rivel | ruck | ruff | ruffle | safety glass | scoop | scrag | scum | seal | seal off | seal up | seculars | secure | sheep | sheet | shell | shoot down | shut | shut down | shut the door | shut up | sink | sinus | skin | slab | slam | slat | slice | snap | society | socket | square | squeeze | squeeze shut | strangle | strike out | table | tablet | take the count | theater | toft | trough | tuck | turn over | twill | veneer | vug | wafer | whiff | wipe out | wrap | wrinkle | yard | zap | zip up | zipper See Also | adjourn | anatomical structure | angular shape | angularity | bodily structure | body structure | change | change of shape | change surface | collapse | complex body part | confine | corrugate | crease | crease | crimp | crinkle | crinkle | crisp | cross | crumple | denomination | enlace | entwine | epicanthic fold | epicanthus | flock | furrow | hold | incorporate | integrate | interlace | intertwine | kink | lace | pen | pinch | plait | pleat | pleat | pleating | plica vocalis | plicate | plication | pucker | restrain | retire | ruck | ruckle | ruffle | ruga | rumple | scrunch | scrunch up | social group | structure | tentorium | tuck | twine | twirl | twist | vocal band | vocal cord | vocal fold | withdraw | wrinkle | wrinkle Fold In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \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. \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. \Fold\, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep. \Fold\, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.] The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton. |
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