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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Refold :: Refold (v. t.) To fold again.
Complicate :: Complicate (a.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise..
#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16�, 18�, etc..
Labium :: Labium (n.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
Wimple :: Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil..
Dumple :: Dumple (v. t.) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another..
Quadrigeminous :: Quadrigeminous (a.) Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts..
Fold :: Fold (n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold..
Multiplex :: Multiplex (a.) Manifold; multiple.
Tweyfold :: Tweyfold (a.) Twofold.
Blindfolded :: Blindfolded (imp. & p. p.) of Blindfol.
Falx :: Falx (n.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain..
Explicator :: Explicator (n.) One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.
Hundredfold :: Hundredfold (n.) A hundred times as much or as many.
Mesorectum :: Mesorectum (n.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum..
Multitudinous :: Multitudinous (a.) Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves..
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..
Crease :: Crease (n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced..
Hypopharynx :: Hypopharynx (n.) An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects..
Crease :: Crease (v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling..
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