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   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. δι-πλάσιος 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.”
   
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   As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12.
   
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   2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, “he folds his arms in despair”.
   
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   3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
   
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   A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster.
   
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   We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak.
   
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   4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
   
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   Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon.
   
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    Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana.
   
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   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”.
   
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   3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
   
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   Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak.
   
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   Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.
   
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   Fold, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]
   1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
   
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   Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.
   
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   2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, “Christ's fold”.
   
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        There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16.
   
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           The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.
   
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   3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.]  Creech.
   
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   Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
   
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   Fold, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep.
   
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   Fold, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
   
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   The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.
   
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