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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Trestlework :: Trestlework (n.) A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together..
Manifold :: Manifold (v. t.) To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter..
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..
Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
Seam :: Seam (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
Plication :: Plication (n.) A folding or fold; a plait.
Standard :: Standard (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing..
Centuple :: Centuple (v. t.) To increase a hundredfold.
Hoodman :: Hoodman (n.) The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.
Pocketknife :: Pocketknife (n.) A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket..
Fornix :: Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva..
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold..
Sublingual :: Sublingua (n.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
Wimple :: Wimple (v. i.) To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate..
Plicature :: Plicature (n.) A fold; a doubling; a plication.
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..
Mesorchium :: Mesorchium (n.) The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.
Blindfold :: Blindfold (v. t.) To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing..
Laocoon :: Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil..
Trigeminous :: Trigeminous (a.) Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold..
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