Definition of fold

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Fold (v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.

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Synclinical :: Syncline (n.) A synclinal fold.
Reticulum :: Reticulum (n.) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach..
Pentathlon :: Pentathlon (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear..
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach..
Eightfold :: Eightfold (a.) Eight times a quantity.
Duplex :: Duplex (a.) Double; twofold.
Rimple :: Rimple (n.) A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple.
Action :: Action (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events..
Pucker :: Pucker (v. t. & i.) To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth..
Fold :: Fold (n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold.
Putlog :: Putlog (n.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose..
Lap :: Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth..
Sextodecimo :: Sextodecimo (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume..
Gauntry :: Gauntry (n.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.
Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (n.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds..
Fol''io :: Fol'io (a.) Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3..
Complicate :: Complicate (v. t.) To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
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