Fold, v. i. To confine sheep in a
fold. [R.]
The star that bids the shepherd
fold.
Milton.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.
Bacon.
Folds are most common in the rocks of
mountainous regions.
J. D. Dana.
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.
Shak.
Fold net, a kind of net used in catching
birds.
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 (fōld), 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.
fålla, Goth. falþan, cf. Gr. di-
pla`sios twofold, Skr. puṭa 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.
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.
J.
Webster.
We will descend and fold him in our
arms.
Shak.
4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined
excuses.
Shak.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.
Milton.
2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church
or a church; as, Christ's fold.
There shall be one fold and one
shepherd.
John x. 16.
The very whitest lamb in all my
fold.
Tennyson.
3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.]
Creech.
Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or
cattle.
Fold, v. t. To confine in a fold,
as sheep.