| VERB | contact | fold up, fold, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | fold up, fold | become folded or folded up |
| Meaning | bend or lay so that one part covers the other. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They fold up the sheets | |
| Example | "fold up the newspaper" | |
| Synonyms | fold, 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 | |
| Meaning | Become folded or folded up. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The sheets didn't fold up; These fabrics fold up easily | |
| Synonym | fold | |
| Narrower | rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | plegar | |
| Catalan | plegar | |
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