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Webster 1913 Edition

Fold

Fold

(fōld)
,
Verb.
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.
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.
Shakespeare
4.
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Nor
fold
my fault in cleanly coined excuses.
Shakespeare

Fold

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
[From
Fold
,
Verb.
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, four
fold
, 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
.
Shakespeare
Fold net
,
a kind of net used in catching birds.

Fold

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Fold

,
Verb.
I.
To confine sheep in a fold.
[R.]
The star that bids the shepherd
fold
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fold

FOLD

,
Noun.
[See the verb, to fold.]
1.
A pen or inclosure for sheep; a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.
2.
A flock of sheep. Hence in a scriptural sense, the church, the flock of the Shepherd of Israel.
Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. John 10.
3.
A limit. [Not in use.]

FOLD

, n.
1.
The doubling of any flexible substance, as cloth; complication; a plait; one part turned or bent and laid on another; as a fold of linen.
2.
In composition, the same quantity added; as two fold, four fold, ten fold, that is, twice as much, four times as much, ten times as much.

FOLD

,
Verb.
T.
[Heb. The primary sense is to fall, or to lay, to set, throw or press together.]
1.
To double; to lap or lay in plaits; as, to fold a piece of cloth.
2.
To double and insert one part in another; as, to fold a letter.
3.
To double or lay together, as the arms. He folds his arms in despair.
4.
To confine sheep in a fold.

FOLD

,
Verb.
I.
To close over another of the same kind; as, the leaves of the door fold.

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