Noun
the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"

Noun
a pen for sheep

Noun
a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)

Noun
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

Noun
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"

Verb
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"

Verb
become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

Verb
bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

Verb
confine in a fold, like sheep

Verb
intertwine; "fold one''s hands, arms, or legs"

Verb
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."

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v. t.
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.

v. t.
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

v. t.
To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

v. t.
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.

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.

v.
A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

v.
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.

v.
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

n.
An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

n.
A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.

n.
A boundary; a limit.

v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.

v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold.

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Fold

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'86lla, Goth. falan, cf. Gr. twofold, Skr. pua 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Fold

Fold, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Fold

Fold, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]

The star that bids the shepherd fold.

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.

To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.

A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

To confine in a fold, as sheep.

To confine sheep in a fold.