Definition of fold

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Fold (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..

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Folding :: Folding (n.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc..
Quadruplicate :: Quadruplicate (v. t.) To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Plicated :: Plicated (a.) Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf..
Tectibranchiata :: Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples..
Ledger :: Ledger (n.) A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight..
Explate :: Explate (v. t.) To explain; to unfold.
Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle..
Inswathe :: Inswathe (v. t.) To wrap up; to infold; to swathe.
Inflexure :: Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.
Thousandfold :: Thousandfold (a.) Multiplied by a thousand.
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
Rule :: Rule (a.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly..
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery..
Implicit :: Implicit (a.) Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.
Infoldment :: Infoldment (n.) The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.
One :: One (a.) Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual..
Hundredfold :: Hundredfold (n.) A hundred times as much or as many.
Treble :: Treble (v. t.) To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
Twentyfold :: Twentyfold (a.) Twenty times as many.
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