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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Unwrap :: Unwrap (v. t.) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded..
Membrane :: Membrane (n.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids..
Glossoepiglottic :: Glossoepiglottic (a.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds..
Dimension :: Dimension (n.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension..
Anagnorisis :: Anagnorisis (n.) The unfolding or denouement.
Duodenary :: Duodenary (a.) Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..
Standard :: Standard (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus..
Euplexoptera :: Euplexoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig..
Foolscap :: Foolscap (n.) A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper..
Involution :: Involution (n.) That in which anything is involved, folded, or wrapped; envelope..
Twofold :: Twofold (adv.) In a double degree; doubly.
Layer :: Layer (n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion..
Biplicate :: Biplicate (a.) Twice folded together.
Rule :: Rule (a.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly..
Foldage :: Foldage (n.) See Faldage.
Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To inclose; to infold.
Triptych :: Triptych (n.) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part..
Wrap :: Wrap (v. t.) To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by..
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