FOLD, n. [See the verb, to fold.] 1. A pen or inclosure for sheep; a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.2. A flock of sheep. Hence in a scriptural sense, the church, the flock of the Shepherd of Israel.Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. John 10.3. A limit. [Not in use.]FOLD, n. 1. The doubling of any flexible substance, as cloth; complication; a plait; one part turned or bent and laid on another; as a fold of linen.2. In composition, the same quantity added; as two fold, four fold, ten fold, that is, twice as much, four times as much, ten times as much.FOLD, v.t. [Heb. The primary sense is to fall, or to lay, to set, throw or press together.] 1. To double; to lap or lay in plaits; as, to fold a piece of cloth.2. To double and insert one part in another; as, to fold a letter.3. To double or lay together, as the arms. He folds his arms in despair.4. To confine sheep in a fold.FOLD, v.i. To close over another of the same kind; as, the leaves of the door fold. |
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