fold

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1. 1.2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
2. 2.To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak.
3. 3.To cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.
4. 4.To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi.
5. 5.1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon. Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak. Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.
8. 8.An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.
9. 9.A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x.
10. 10.The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.
11. 11.A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Creech. Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
12. 12.To confine in a fold, as sheep.
13. 13.To confine sheep in a fold. [R.] The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is fold.

• What is 2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair called?
• What is to inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace. A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster. We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak called?
• What is to cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak called?
• What is to become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi called?
• What is that which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace. Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak. Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds called?
• What is an inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton called?
• What is a flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold. There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x called?
• What is the very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson called?
• What is a boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Creech. Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle called?
• What is to confine sheep in a fold. [R.] The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton called?