| VERB | contact | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | fold | incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture / mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating | |
| social | fold, close up, close, shut down, close down | cease to operate or cause to cease operating | |
| contact | fold, pen up | confine in a fold, like sheep | |
| change | fold, fold up | become folded or folded up | |
| NOUN | shape | fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | an angular or rounded shape made by folding |
| group | fold, congregation, faithful | a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | |
| process | fold, folding | a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | |
| group | fold, flock | a group of sheep or goats | |
| body | fold, plica | a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | |
| artifact | fold, sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote | a pen for sheep | |
| act | fold, folding | the act of folding |
| Sounds | fow'ld | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | behold ... wold: 49 rhymes with owld... | |
| Meaning | An angular or rounded shape made by folding. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a fold in the napkin" | |
| Synonyms | crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | |
| Narrower | kink, twist, twirl | A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
| pleat, plait | Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | |
| pucker, ruck | An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) | |
| Broader | angular shape, angularity | A shape having one or more sharp angles |
| Spanish | arruga, dobladura, doblez, plegado, pliegue, raya | |
| Catalan | doblec, replec, séc | |
| Verbs | fold | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Meaning | A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | congregation, faithful | |
| Member of | denomination | A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith |
| Narrower | flock | A church congregation guided by a pastor |
| Broader | social group | People sharing some social relation |
| Spanish | congregación, feligreses, fieles | |
| Catalan | congregació, fidel | |
| Meaning | A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | folding | |
| Broader | geological process, geologic process | (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified |
| Meaning | A group of sheep or goats. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | flock | |
| Members | sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat |
| Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
| Spanish | bandada, hato, manada, rebaño | |
| Catalan | bandada, ramat | |
| Meaning | A folded part (as in skin or muscle). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | plica | |
| Narrower | epicanthus, epicanthic fold | A vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus |
| ruga | (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease | |
| tentorium | (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum | |
| vocal cord, vocal fold, vocal band, plica vocalis | Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx | |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Spanish | pliegue | |
| Meaning | A pen for sheep. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcote | |
| Broader | pen | An enclosure for confining livestock |
| Spanish | aprisco, majada, redil | |
| Catalan | cleda, clos, mallada, pleta | |
| Verbs | fold | confine in a fold, like sheep |
| Meaning | The act of folding. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he gave the napkins a double fold" | |
| Synonym | folding | |
| Narrower | plication, pleating | The act of folding in parallel folds |
| Broader | change of shape | An action / action that changes the shape / shape of something |
| Spanish | doblamiento, plegado, plegadura | |
| Catalan | doblec, plegatge, plegat | |
| Verbs | fold | become folded or folded up |
| fold | bend or lay so that one part covers the other | |
| Meaning | bend or lay so that one part covers the other. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "fold up the newspaper" | |
| Synonyms | fold up, turn up | |
| Entailed by | drape | Arrange in a particular way |
| ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate | stir up (water) so as to form ripples | |
| Narrower | collapse | Fold or close up |
| corrugate | Fold into ridges | |
| crimp, pinch | make ridges into by pinching together | |
| cross | fold so as to resemble a cross | |
| furrow, wrinkle, crease | make wrinkled or creased | |
| pleat, plicate | Fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" | |
| ruffle, pleat | pleat or gather into a ruffle | |
| tuck | make a tuck or several folds in | |
| wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface | |
| Broader | change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
| Opposite | unfold, spread, spread out, open | spread out or open from a closed or folded state |
| Spanish | doblar, plegarse, plegar | |
| Catalan | doblegar, plegar | |
| Nouns | fold, folding | the act of folding |
| fold | an angular or rounded shape made by folding | |
| folder | covering that is folded over to protect the contents | |
| Meaning | incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture / mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They fold the sheets | |
| Example | "Fold the egg whites into the batter" | |
| Broader | integrate, incorporate | make into a whole or make part of a whole |
| Spanish | añadir | |
| Catalan | afegir | |
| Meaning | Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The business is going to fold | |
| Synonyms | close up, close, shut down, close down | |
| Narrower | adjourn, withdraw, retire | break from a meeting or gathering |
| Opposite | open, open up | start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning |
| Spanish | cerrar, clausurar | |
| Catalan | clausurar, plegar, tancar | |
| Meaning | Confine in a fold, like sheep. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | pen up | |
| Broader | restrain, confine, hold, constrain | To close within bounds, limit or hold back / back from movement |
| Spanish | apriscar | |
| Nouns | fold | a pen for sheep |
| Meaning | Become folded or folded up. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The sheets didn't fold; These fabrics fold easily | |
| Example | "The bed folds in a jiffy" | |
| Synonym | fold up | |
| Narrower | rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | plegar | |
| Catalan | plegar | |
| Nouns | fold | the act of folding |
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