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English noun: fold | |||
| 1. | fold (shape) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | angular shape, angularity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | kink, plait, pleat, pucker, ruck, twirl, twist | ||
| 2. | fold (group) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | ||
| Synonyms | congregation, faithful | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social group | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flock | ||
| Member meronym | denomination | ||
| 3. | fold (process) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | ||
| Synonyms | folding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geologic process, geological process | ||
| 4. | fold (group) a group of sheep or goats | ||
| Synonyms | flock | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal group | ||
| Member holonym | sheep | ||
| 5. | fold (body) a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | ||
| Synonyms | plica | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | epicanthic fold, epicanthus, plica vocalis, ruga, tentorium, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold | ||
| 6. | fold (artifact) a pen for sheep | ||
| Synonyms | sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pen | ||
| 7. | fold (act) the act of folding | ||
| Samples | He gave the napkins a double fold. | ||
| Synonyms | folding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pleating, plication | ||
English verb: fold | |||
| 1. | fold (contact) bend or lay so that one part covers the other | ||
| Samples | Fold up the newspaper. Turn up your collar. | ||
| Synonyms | fold up, turn up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | collapse, corrugate, crease, crease, crimp, crinkle, crisp, cross, furrow, pinch, pleat, pleat, plicate, ruckle, ruffle, scrunch, scrunch up, tuck, wrinkle, wrinkle | ||
| Antonyms | spread, unfold, open, spread out | ||
| 2. | fold (change) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating | ||
| Samples | Fold the egg whites into the batter. | ||
| Examples | They fold the sheets | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incorporate, integrate | ||
| 3. | fold (social) cease to operate or cause to cease operating | ||
| Samples | The owners decided to move and to close the factory. My business closes every night at 8 P.M.. Close up the shop. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to fold | ||
| Synonyms | close, close down, close up, shut down | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjourn, retire, withdraw | ||
| Antonyms | open, open up | ||
| 4. | fold (contact) confine in a fold, like sheep | ||
| Synonyms | pen up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, hold, restrain | ||
| 5. | fold (change) become folded or folded up | ||
| Samples | The bed folds in a jiffy. | ||
| Examples | The sheets didn't fold, These fabrics fold easily | ||
| Synonyms | fold up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle | ||
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