Fold

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Fold

Fold : மடிப்பு, மடி

Fold : மடி,மடிப்பு,மடிப்பு,மடி

Fold definition

Transitive verb.

  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.
  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.
  4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
  5. To confine in a fold, as sheep.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
  2. To confine sheep in a fold.

Verb.

  1. A doubling,Especially. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
  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.

Noun.

  1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
  2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
  3. A boundary; a limit.