(fōld) v.t.
1. Τo turn back (something) upon itself one or more times.
2. To bring down upon itself; close; collapse: to fold an umbrella; to fold wings.
3. To place together and interlock: to fold one's hands.
4. To wrap up; enclose.
5. To mix, as beaten egg whites or whipped cream, into other ingredients, by gently turning one part over the other with a spoon: with in.
6. To embrace; enfold: She folded him in her arms.
—v.i.
7. To come together in folds.
8. U.S. Slang To fail; close: often with up.
—noun
1. One part doubled over another; a plait; ply; a lap; also, the space between two folded–over parts.
2. The crease made by folding.
3. Geol. A smooth bend or flexure in a layer of rock; an anticline or syncline.
4. That which envelops; an embrace. [OE fealdan]

(fōld) noun
1. A pen, as for sheep.
2. A flock of sheep.
3. Any group needing care, as the congregation of a church.
4. Brit. Dial. A farmstead.
—v.t. To shut up in a fold, as sheep. [OE fald]

1. Having (a specified number of) parts: a threefold blessing.
2. (A specified number of) times as great, or as much: to reward tenfold. [OE -feald <fealdan fold]