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| n. (shape) | 1. bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication | an angular or rounded shape made by folding.; "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" |
| ~ pleat, plait | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape. |
| ~ angular shape, angularity | a shape having one or more sharp angles. |
| ~ twirl, kink, twist | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. |
| ~ pucker, ruck | an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth). |
| n. (group) | 2. congregation, faithful, fold | a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church. |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ flock | a church congregation guided by a pastor. |
| ~ denomination | a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith. |
| n. (process) | 3. fold, folding | a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock. |
| ~ geologic process, geological process | (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified. |
| n. (group) | 4. flock, fold | a group of sheep or goats. |
| ~ sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat. |
| ~ animal group | a group of animals. |
| n. (body) | 5. fold, plica | a folded part (as in skin or muscle). |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| ~ epicanthic fold, epicanthus | a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome. |
| ~ plica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold | either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx. |
| ~ ruga | (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease.; "rugae of the stomach" |
| ~ tentorium | (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. fold, sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold | a pen for sheep. |
| ~ pen | an enclosure for confining livestock. |
| n. (act) | 7. fold, folding | the act of folding.; "he gave the napkins a double fold" |
| ~ change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something. |
| ~ pleating, plication | the act of folding in parallel folds. |
| v. (contact) | 8. fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ plicate, pleat | fold into pleats,.; "Pleat the cloth" |
| ~ crease, furrow, wrinkle | make wrinkled or creased.; "furrow one's brow" |
| ~ crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" |
| ~ corrugate | fold into ridges.; "corrugate iron" |
| ~ pleat, ruffle | pleat or gather into a ruffle.; "ruffle the curtain fabric" |
| ~ tuck | make a tuck or several folds in.; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet" |
| ~ crimp, pinch | make ridges into by pinching together. |
| ~ cross | fold so as to resemble a cross.; "she crossed her legs" |
| ~ collapse | fold or close up.; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand" |
| v. (change) | 9. fold | incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating.; "Fold the egg whites into the batter" |
| ~ incorporate, integrate | make into a whole or make part of a whole.; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal" |
| v. (social) | 10. close, close down, close up, fold, shut down | 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."; "close up the shop" |
| ~ adjourn, retire, withdraw | break from a meeting or gathering.; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
| v. (contact) | 11. fold, pen up | confine in a fold, like sheep. |
| ~ restrain, confine, hold | to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
| v. (change) | 12. fold, fold up | become folded or folded up.; "The bed folds in a jiffy" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ crinkle, rumple, crease, crumple, wrinkle | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.; "This fabric won't wrinkle" |
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