fold : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fold	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for fold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fold n an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" Synonym(s): fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church Synonym(s): congregation, fold, faithful a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock Synonym(s): fold, folding a group of sheep or goats Synonym(s): flock, fold a folded part (as in skin or muscle) Synonym(s): fold, plica a pen for sheep Synonym(s): fold, sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold" Synonym(s): fold, folding v bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" Synonym(s): fold, fold up, turn up Antonym(s): open, spread, spread out, unfold incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter" cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" Synonym(s): close up, close, fold, shut down, close down Antonym(s): open, open up confine in a fold, like sheep Synonym(s): pen up, fold become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy" Synonym(s): fold, fold up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, n. [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.] 1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. --Milton. 2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. There shall be one fold and one shepherd. --John x. 16. The very whitest lamb in all my fold. --Tennyson. 3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] --Creech. {Fold yard}, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Folded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Folding}.] [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. f[86]lla, Goth. fal[?]an, cf. Gr.[?] twofold, Skr. pu[?]a a fold. Cf. {Fauteuil}.] 1. 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. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. --Heb. i. 12. 2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair. 3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. A face folded in sorrow. --J. Webster. We will descend and fold him in our arms. --Shak. 4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, 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. --1 Kings vi. 34.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, n. [From {Fold}, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.] 1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. --Bacon. Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. --J. D. Dana. 2. 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. 3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. --Shak. {Fold net}, a kind of net used in catching birds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, v. t. To confine in a fold, as sheep.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fold \Fold\, v. i. To confine sheep in a fold. [R.] The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fold an enclosure for flocks to rest together (Isa. 13:20). Sheep-folds are mentioned Num. 32:16, 24, 36; 2 Sam. 7:8; Zeph. 2:6; John 10:1, etc. It was prophesied of the cities of Ammon (Ezek. 25:5), Aroer (Isa. 17:2), and Judaea, that they would be folds or couching-places for flocks. "Among the pots," of the Authorized Version (Ps. 68:13), is rightly in the Revised Version, "among the sheepfolds."