Fold

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
  • (v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
  • (v. t.) To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
  • (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.
  • (v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
  • (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.
  • (v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
  • (n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
  • (n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
  • (n.) A boundary; a limit.
  • (v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep.
  • (v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.

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bold vs. fold

cold vs. fold

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byre vs. fold

band vs. fold

duplicature vs. fold

fold vs. inflexure

anticlinorium vs. fold

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fold vs. foldless

fold vs. stell

beclip vs. fold

fold vs. plicate

fold vs. plication

fold vs. plica

fold vs. ptyxis

fold vs. pick

fold vs. times

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fold vs. layer

flock vs. fold

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bent vs. fold

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cut vs. fold

fold vs. nappe

fold vs. wall

fault vs. fold

fold vs. synclinal

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entrail vs. fold

crumpled vs. fold

drapery vs. fold

fold vs. webfoot

corrugate vs. fold

corrugated vs. fold

fold vs. pucker

convolute vs. fold

billfold vs. fold

flexure vs. fold

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fold vs. syncline

falx vs. fold

crinkle vs. fold

fold vs. typhlosole

fold vs. quill

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collop vs. fold

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convolution vs. fold

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fold vs. groin

fold vs. wattle

fold vs. tuck

fold vs. signature

fold vs. hinge

crumple vs. fold

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fold vs. mix

blouse vs. fold

adenoid vs. fold

fold vs. plight

fold vs. lap

fold vs. foolscap

fold vs. lappet

fold vs. plait

country vs. fold

fold vs. land

earth vs. fold

fold vs. penfold

fold vs. pinfold

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enclosure vs. fold

christ vs. fold

domestic vs. fold

creasing vs. fold

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bending vs. fold

fold vs. window

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broadsheet vs. fold

division vs. fold

fold vs. halves

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concede vs. fold

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crease vs. fold

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enfold vs. fold

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arrangement vs. fold

crush vs. fold

bend vs. fold

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fold vs. refold

collapse vs. fold

fold vs. parachute

bought vs. fold

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