Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fold"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (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."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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[*a]lla, Goth. fal?an, cf. Gr.? twofold, Skr. pu?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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fold \Fold\, v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fold \Fold\, v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
--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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fold
adj : (used in combination) multiplied by a specified number;
"`fold' is a combing form in expressions like `a
fiftyfold increase'"
n 1: an angular shape made by folding [syn: {crease}, {plication},
{flexure}, {crimp}, {bend}]
2: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and
habitually attend a given church [syn: {congregation}, {faithful}]
3: a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle) [syn: {plica}]
4: a pen for sheep [syn: {sheepfold}, {sheep pen}, {sheepcote}]
5: the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
[syn: {folding}]
v 1: bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the
newspaper"; "turn up your collar" [syn: {fold up}, {turn
up}] [ant: {unfold}]
2: intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs"
3: incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly
turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg
whites into the batter"
4: 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. [syn: {close}, {shut down}, {close
down}] [ant: {open}]
5: confine in a fold, like sheep [syn: {pen up}]
6: become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy" [syn:
{fold up}]
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