fold
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(noun) the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold" |
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Synonyms: folding |
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Related Words: change of shape, pleating, plication |
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(verb) incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeated overturnings without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter" |
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Related Words: incorporate, integrate |
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(verb) become folded; "The bed folds in a jiffy" |
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Synonyms: fold up |
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Related Words: change, crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle |
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(verb) bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper" |
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Synonyms: fold up, turn up |
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Related Words: change surface, collapse, corrugate, crease, crimp, crinkle, crisp, cross, furrow, pinch, pleat, ruckle, ruffle, scrunch, scrunch up, tuck, wrinkle |
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Antonyms: unfold |
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(verb) intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs" |
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Related Words: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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(satellite adjective) (used in combination) multiplied by a specified number; "`fold' is a combing form in expressions like `a fiftyfold increase'" |
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(noun) a pen for sheep |
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Synonyms: sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold |
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Related Words: pen |
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(noun) a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle) |
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Synonyms: plica |
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Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure, tentorium, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold |
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(noun) an angular shape made by folding |
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Synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication |
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Related Words: angular shape, angularity, kink, plait, pleat, pucker, twirl, twist |
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(verb) confine in a fold, like sheep |
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Synonyms: pen up |
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Related Words: confine, hold, restrain |
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(verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M. |
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Synonyms: close, close down, shut down |
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Related Words: adjourn, retire, withdraw |
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(noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church |
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Synonyms: congregation, faithful |
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Related Words: flock, social group |
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