2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
3. 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.
4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.
FOLD
Fold, v. i.
Defn: 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. 34.
FOLD Fold, n. Etym: [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]
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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
FOLD
Fold, n. Etym: [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]