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Fold \Fold\, v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
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Fold \Fold\, v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
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The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton.
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Fold \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.
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Fold \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.
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Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of
linen. --Bacon.
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Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous
regions. --J. D. Dana.
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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.
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3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or
envelops; embrace.
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Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold.
--Shak.
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{Fold net}, a kind of net used in catching birds.
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Fold \Fold\ (f[=o]ld), 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[thorn]an, cf. Gr. di-pla`sios twofold,
Skr. pu[.t]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.
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As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. --Heb. i. 12.
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2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as,
he folds his arms in despair.
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3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to
infold; to clasp; to embrace.
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A face folded in sorrow. --J. Webster.
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We will descend and fold him in our arms. --Shak.
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4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
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Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. --Shak.
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Fold \Fold\, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]
1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
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Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold.
--Milton.
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2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church;
as, Christ's fold.
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There shall be one fold and one shepherd. --John x.
16.
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The very whitest lamb in all my fold. --Tennyson.
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3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] --Creech.
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{Fold yard}, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
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