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English verb: fold up | |||
| 1. | fold up (contact) bend or lay so that one part covers the other | ||
| Samples | Fold up the newspaper. Turn up your collar. | ||
| Examples | They fold up the sheets | ||
| Synonyms | fold, 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 up (change) become folded or folded up | ||
| Samples | The bed folds in a jiffy. | ||
| Examples | The sheets didn't fold up, These fabrics fold up easily | ||
| Synonyms | fold | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle | ||
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