•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.•To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.•To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.•To cover or wrap up; to conceal.•To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.•A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.•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.•That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.•An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.•A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.•A boundary; a limit.•To confine in a fold, as sheep.•To confine sheep in a fold.

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