'Infolding' definitions:
Definition of 'infolding'
From: WordNet
noun
The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula" [syn: invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding]
Definition of 'Infolding'
From: GCIDE
- Infold \In*fold"\ ([i^]n*f[=o]ld"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Infolding.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written also enfold.]
- 1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. [1913 Webster]
- Gilded tombs do worms infold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Infold his limbs in bands. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. [1913 Webster]
- Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster]