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FoldFold Fold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Folding.] [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG.
faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw.
f[*a]lla, Goth. fal?an, cf. Gr.? twofold, Skr. pu?a a fold.
Cf. Fauteuil.]
1. 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.
As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. --Heb. i. 12.
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 Fold, 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. --1 Kings vi. 34.
Fold
Fold Fold, v. t.
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
FoldFold Fold, n. [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 Fold, v. i.
To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
The star that bids the shepherd fold. --Milton.
Meaning of Folds from wikipedia
- and into the
early 90s,
Folds came to
prominence as the
eponymous frontman and
pianist of the
alternative rock trio Ben
Folds Five from 1993 to 2000,...
- "partial
epicanthic folds" or "slight
epicanthic folds" is
noted in the
relevant literature.
Various factors influence whether epicanthic folds form, including...
- Skin fold, an area of skin that
folds Fold (higher-order function), a type of
programming operation on data
structures fold (Unix), a
computer program used...
- Ben
Folds Five was an
American alternative rock trio
formed in 1993 in
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina. The
group comprises Ben
Folds (lead vocals, piano)...
-
crinkles to mountain-sized
folds. They
occur as
single isolated folds or in
periodic sets (known as
fold trains).
Synsedimentary folds are
those formed during...
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genetically folds. If such
apparent straight-eared cats are
mated with a
fold,
there is a 75%
chance of
folds (25%
homozygous folds, 50%
heterozygous folds) and...
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glossoepiglottic folds; the
lateral folds are
partly attached to the wall of the pharynx.
Median glossoepiglottic fold Lateral glossoepiglottic fold Median glossoepiglottic...
- The
ileocecal fold (or
ileocaecal fold) is an
anatomical structure of the
human abdomen formed by a
layer of
peritoneum between the
ileum and ce****. The...
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occasionally two or
three times.
While the
larger folds are
about 1 cm in
depth at
their broadest part, most
folds are smaller.
There tends to be an alternating...
- In humans, the
vocal cords, also
known as
vocal folds, are
folds of
throat tissues that are key in
creating sounds through vocalization. The size of vocal...
