Fold

·noun A boundary; a limit.

II. Fold ·vi To confine sheep in a fold.

III. Fold ·vt To confine in a fold, as sheep.

IV. Fold ·noun An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.

V. Fold ·vt To cover or wrap up; to Conceal.

VI. Fold ·v That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.

VII. Fold ·noun A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.

VIII. Fold ·vt To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

IX. Fold ·v A doubling,·esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.

X. Fold ·vi To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.

XI. Fold ·vt 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.

XII. Fold ·vt To inclose within folds or plaitings; to Envelop; to Infold; to Clasp; to Embrace.

XIII. Fold ·v 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.