Definition of fold

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Fold (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair..

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Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively..
Manifold :: Manifold (n.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others..
Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen..
Apron :: Apron (n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit..
Pinfold :: Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
Triplication :: Triplication (n.) The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together..
Deplication :: Deplication (n.) An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting..
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold..
Crumple :: Crumple (v. t.) To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper..
Imply :: Imply (v. t.) To infold or involve; to wrap up.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band..
Unfolder :: Unfolder (n.) One who, or that which, unfolds..
Trigeminous :: Trigeminous (a.) Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold..
Quantum :: Quantum (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary..
Mesorectum :: Mesorectum (n.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum..
Uplift :: Uplift (n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like..
Quintuple :: Quintuple (a.) Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold.
Multiplicity :: Multiplicity (n.) The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects..
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