The Meaning of fold

• (v. t.) To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
• (v. t.) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
• (v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
• (v. t.) To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
• (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.
• (v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
• (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.
• (v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
• (n.) An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
• (n.) A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
• (n.) A boundary; a limit.
• (v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep.
• (v. i.) To confine sheep in a fold.

Synonyms

turn , sheep pen , curve , flexure , plication , bending , sheepcote , faithful , flexion , bend , bend dexter , crease , crimp , wrinkle , seam , twist , flection , creese , plica , sheepfold , pleating , line , furrow , folding , crinkle , crook , congregation , crimper , flock , kris , congregating , protein folding , tidy sum , peck , mint , plenty , lot , passel , batch , raft , quite a little , spate , muckle , pile , good deal , stack , sight , deal , troop , wad , hatful , mickle , slew , heap , mess , mass , mountain , great deal , pot , come out , pen up , shut down , come on , surface , close up , show up , prove , close , close down , turn up , locate , excavate , fold up , turn out , dig up , block , come together , belt up , shut , button up , fill up , impede , conclude , be quiet , dummy up , clam up , keep mum , obstruct , obturate , shut up , jam , occlude , change surface

Antonyms

open , spread , unfold , spread out

Rhymes

ahold , behold , berthold , billfold , blindfold , bold , bowled , cajoled , centerfold , chokehold , cold , consoled , controlled , decontrolled , dold , doled , eightfold , enfold , enrolled , fivefold , foothold , fourfold , freehold , gold , golde , griswold , handhold , hold , holde , household , leasehold , leopold , lippold , machold , mangold , manifold , marigold , mold , mould , ninefold , nold , nolde , old , olde , outsold , oversold , paroled , patrolled , penfold , poled , polled , remold , resold , rheingold , ringgold , roald , rolled , scold , sevenfold , sixfold , sold , stranglehold , strolled , stronghold , tenfold , threefold , threshold , told , tolled , twofold , uncontrolled , undersold , unfold , unsold , untold , uphold , vold , withhold , wold