Definition of fold

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Fold (v.) 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..

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Decuple :: Decuple (a.) Tenfold.
Quadruple :: Quadruple (n.) four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages..
Three-ply :: Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold..
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..
Papyrograph :: Papyrograph (n.) An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold..
Tentorium :: Tentorium (n.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera..
Rhipipter :: Rhipipter (n.) One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter..
Enlace :: Enlace (v. t.) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle..
Twentyfold :: Twentyfold (a.) Twenty times as many.
Manifold :: Manifold (v. t.) To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter..
Plait :: Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait..
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep..
Conduplicate :: Conduplicate (a.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation..
Crumple :: Crumple (v. t.) To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper..
Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..
Multiple :: Multiple (a.) Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts..
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..
Manifold :: Manifold (a.) Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.
Across :: Across (adv.) From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across..
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