'Fold' definitions:

Definition of 'fold'

From: WordNet
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" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend]
noun
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church [syn: congregation, fold, faithful]
noun
A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock [syn: fold, folding]
noun
A group of sheep or goats [syn: flock, fold]
noun
A folded part (as in skin or muscle) [syn: fold, plica]
noun
A pen for sheep [syn: fold, sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote]
noun
The act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold" [syn: fold, folding]
verb
Bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" [syn: fold, fold up, turn up] [ant: open, spread, spread out, unfold]
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
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."; "close up the shop" [syn: close up, close, fold, shut down, close down] [ant: open, open up]
verb
Confine in a fold, like sheep [syn: pen up, fold]
verb
Become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy" [syn: fold, fold up]

Definition of 'Fold'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fold'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. --J. D. Dana. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. [1913 Webster]
  • Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fold'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. --Heb. i. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. [1913 Webster]
  • A face folded in sorrow. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
  • We will descend and fold him in our arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fold'

From: GCIDE
  • Fold \Fold\, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]
  • 1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. [1913 Webster]
  • Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. [1913 Webster]
  • There shall be one fold and one shepherd. --John x. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • The very whitest lamb in all my fold. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] --Creech. [1913 Webster]
  • Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fold'

From: GCIDE
  • Fold \Fold\, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fold'

From: GCIDE
  • Fold \Fold\, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] foldable

Definition of 'Fold'

From: Easton
  • Fold an enclosure for flocks to rest together (Isa. 13:20). Sheep-folds are mentioned Num. 32:16, 24, 36; 2 Sam. 7:8; Zeph. 2:6; John 10:1, etc. It was prophesied of the cities of Ammon (Ezek. 25:5), Aroer (Isa. 17:2), and Judaea, that they would be folds or couching-places for flocks. "Among the pots," of the Authorized Version (Ps. 68:13), is rightly in the Revised Version, "among the sheepfolds."

Synonyms of 'fold'

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