Canadian English Meaning of fold

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Definitions and Meaning of fold in English

Wordnet

fold (n)

an angular or rounded shape made by folding

a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

a group of sheep or goats

a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

a pen for sheep

the act of folding

Wordnet

fold (v)

bend or lay so that one part covers the other

incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating

cease to operate or cause to cease operating

confine in a fold, like sheep

become folded or folded up

Webster

fold (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.

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 confine in a fold, as sheep.

Webster

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.

To confine sheep in a fold.

Webster

fold (v.)

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.

Webster

fold (n.)

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.

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