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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. |
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To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as,
he folds his arms in despair. |
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To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to
infold; to clasp; to embrace. |
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To cover or wrap up; to conceal. |
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To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over
another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the
door fold. |
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A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over
on another part; a plait; a plication. |
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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. |
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That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops;
embrace. |
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An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. |
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A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as,
Christ's fold. |
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A boundary; a limit. |
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To confine in a fold, as sheep. |
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To confine sheep in a fold. |
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