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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface;
- Example: "the invagination of the blastula"
[syn: invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infold \In*fold"\ ([i^]n*f[=o]ld"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Infolding.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written also enfold.] 1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. [1913 Webster] Gilded tombs do worms infold. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Infold his limbs in bands. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. [1913 Webster] Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

infolding n 1: the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface; "the invagination of the blastula" [syn: invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding]