A pen or inclosure for sheep; a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.

A flock of sheep. Hence in a scriptural sense, the church, the flock of the Shepherd of Israel. Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. John 10:16.

A limit.

The doubling of any flexible substance, as cloth; complication; a plait; one part turned or bent and laid on another; as a fold of linen.

In composition, the same quantity added; as two fold, four fold, ten fold, that is, twice as much, four times as much, ten times as much.

To double; to lap or lay in plaits; as, to fold a piece of cloth.

To double and insert one part in another; as, to fold a letter.

To double or lay together, as the arms. He folds his arms in despair.

To confine sheep in a fold.

To close over another of the same kind; as, the leaves of the door fold.