Definition of fold

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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..

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Aestivation :: Aestivation (n.) The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration..
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..
Unwrap :: Unwrap (v. t.) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded..
Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..
Development :: Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state..
Quadrigeminous :: Quadrigeminous (a.) Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts..
Plait :: Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait..
Multipotent :: Multipotent (a.) Having manifold power, or power to do many things..
Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..
Hermeneutical :: Hermeneutical (a.) Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase..
Hayloft :: Hayloft (n.) A loft or scaffold for hay.
Treble :: Treble (a.) Threefold; triple.
Allemande :: Allemande (n.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel..
Quadruple :: Quadruple (a.) Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance..
Manifolding :: Manifolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manifol.
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed..
Quadruplex :: Quadruplex (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
Upher :: Upher (n.) A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split..
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold.
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