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Definition of fold

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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..

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Wrap :: Wrap (v. t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.

Rumple :: Rumple (n.) A fold or plait; a wrinkle.

Quadruple :: Quadruple (n.) four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..

Ptyxis :: Ptyxis (n.) The way in which a leaf is sometimes folded in the bud.

Multifold :: Multifold (a.) Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.

Fourfold :: Fourfold (a. & adv.) Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division..

Foolscap :: Foolscap (n.) A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper..

Development :: Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state..

Triplasian :: Triplasian (a.) Three-fold; triple; treble.

Comply :: Comply (v. i.) To infold; to embrace.

Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

Euplexoptera :: Euplexoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig..

Vernation :: Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation..

Unweave :: Unweave (v. t.) To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven..

Convoluted :: Convoluted (a.) Folded in tortuous windings.

Display :: Display (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

Twofold :: Twofold (adv.) In a double degree; doubly.