fold | English to English Dictionary

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fold

(f/oU/ld )

an angular or rounded shape made by folding(noun.shape)

Example:
A fold in the napkin.

Synonym:
bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication

source: wordnet30
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church(noun.group)

Synonym:
congregation, faithful

source: wordnet30
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock(noun.process)

Synonym:
folding

source: wordnet30
a group of sheep or goats(noun.group)

Synonym:
flock

source: wordnet30
a folded part (as in skin or muscle)(noun.body)

Synonym:
plica

source: wordnet30
a pen for sheep(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold

source: wordnet30
the act of folding(noun.act)

Example:
He gave the napkins a double fold.

source: wordnet30
A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.(noun)

source: webster1913
An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.(noun)

source: webster1913

bend or lay so that one part covers the other(verb.contact)

Example:
Fold up the newspaper.

Synonym:
fold up, turn up
Antonym:
open, spread, spread out, unfold

source: wordnet30
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating(verb.change)

Example:
Fold the egg whites into the batter.

source: wordnet30
cease to operate or cause to cease operating(verb.social)

Synonym:
close, close down, close up, shut down
Antonym:
open, open up

source: wordnet30
confine in a fold, like sheep(verb.contact)

Synonym:
pen up

source: wordnet30
become folded or folded up(verb.change)

Example:
The bed folds in a jiffy.

Synonym:
fold up

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.(verb)

source: webster1913
To confine in a fold, as sheep.(verb)

source: webster1913
To confine sheep in a fold.(verb)

source: webster1913