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Fold
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
(2):
(v. t.) To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
(3):
(v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.
(4):
(v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) A boundary; a limit.
(7):
(v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
(8):
(n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
(11):
(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.
(12):
(v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
(13):
(n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fold'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/fold.html. 1828.
