meaning of fold
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.
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.
4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
5. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
6. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
7. 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.
8. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
9. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
10. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christs fold.
11. A boundary; a limit.
12. To confine in a fold, as sheep.
13. To confine sheep in a fold.
14. the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double
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