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Defenition of the word fold

    • Defenition of the word fold

      • To bend or lay a thin material (such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
      • A angular or rounded shape in a thin material (such as paper) where the material abruptly changes direction, typically back toward itself.
      • A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.
      • To cease to operate or cause to cease operating (e.g. a business or a shop).
      • 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.
      • a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
      • (used in combination) multiplied by a specified number; "`fold' is a combing form in expressions like `a fiftyfold increase'"
      • incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeated overturnings without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
      • intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs"
      • an angular shape made by folding
      • the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
      • become folded; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
      • bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"
      • a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)
      • a pen for sheep
      • confine in a fold, like sheep
      • 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"
      • incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
      • become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
      • bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
      • intertwine; "fold one''s hands, arms, or legs"
      • 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."
      • the act of folding
      • a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
      • a group of sheep or goats
      • a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
      • an angular or rounded shape made by folding
      • incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
      • become folded or folded up
      • bend or lay so that one part covers the other
      • cease to operate or cause to cease operating

    Synonyms for the word fold

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

    Similar words in the fold

      • multiple

    Meronymys for the word fold

      • denomination

    Hyponyms for the word fold

      • adjourn
      • collapse
      • corrugate
      • crease
      • crimp
      • crinkle
      • crisp
      • cross
      • crumple
      • epicanthic fold
      • epicanthus
      • flock
      • furrow
      • kink
      • pinch
      • plait
      • pleat
      • pleating
      • plica vocalis
      • plicate
      • plication
      • pucker
      • retire
      • ruck
      • ruckle
      • ruffle
      • ruga
      • rumple
      • scrunch
      • scrunch up
      • tentorium
      • tuck
      • twirl
      • twist
      • vocal band
      • vocal cord
      • vocal fold
      • withdraw
      • wrinkle

    Hypernyms for the word fold

      • anatomical structure
      • angular shape
      • angularity
      • animal group
      • bodily structure
      • body structure
      • change
      • change of shape
      • change surface
      • complex body part
      • confine
      • enlace
      • entwine
      • geologic process
      • geological process
      • hold
      • incorporate
      • integrate
      • interlace
      • intertwine
      • lace
      • pen
      • restrain
      • social group
      • structure
      • twine

    Antonyms for the word fold

      • open
      • open up
      • spread
      • spread out
      • unfold

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