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fold

Nouns

• (n) an angular or rounded shape made by folding
  • a fold in the napkin
  • a crease in his trousers
  • a plication on her blouse
  • a flexure of the colon
  • a bend of his elbow
  crease, crimp, plication, flexure, bend,
• (n) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church congregation, faithful,
• (n) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock folding,
• (n) a group of sheep or goats flock,
• (n) a folded part (as in skin or muscle) plica,
• (n) a pen for sheep sheepcote, sheepfold, sheep pen,
• (n) the act of folding
  • he gave the napkins a double fold
  folding,

Verbs

• (v) bend or lay so that one part covers the other
  • fold up the newspaper
  • turn up your collar
  fold up, turn up,
• (v) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
  • Fold the egg whites into the batter
• (v) cease to operate or cause to cease operating
  • The owners decided to move and to close the factory
  • My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
  • close up the shop
  close down, close up, shut down, close,
• (v) confine in a fold, like sheep pen up,
• (v) become folded or folded up
  • The bed folds in a jiffy
  fold up,

Synonyms

crease crimp plication flexure bend fold up turn up congregation faithful close down close up shut down close folding flock pen up plica sheepcote sheepfold sheep pen

Antonyms

spread unfold open spread out open up

Words of close approximity