(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as,
he folds his arms in despair.
(v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to
infold; to clasp; to embrace.
(v. t.) To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
(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.
(v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over
on another part; a plait; a plication.
(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.
(v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops;
embrace.
(n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
(n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as,
Christ's fold.
(n.) A boundary; a limit.
(v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep.
(v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.
