Dictionary entry details
• FOLD (noun)
Meaning:
An angular or rounded shape made by folding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
plication; fold; crimp; crease; flexure; bend
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("fold" is a kind of...):
angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fold"):
plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)
kink; twirl; 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))
Meaning:
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
congregation; faithful; fold
Hypernyms ("fold" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fold"):
flock (a church congregation guided by a pastor)
Holonyms ("fold" is a member of...):
denomination (a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith)
Meaning:
A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
folding; fold
Hypernyms ("fold" is a kind of...):
geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)
Meaning:
A group of sheep or goats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
fold; flock
Hypernyms ("fold" is a kind of...):
animal group (a group of animals)
Meronyms (members of "fold"):
sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)
Meaning:
A folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
plica; fold
Hypernyms ("fold" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fold"):
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)
tentorium ((anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum)
Meaning:
A pen for sheep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sheep pen; sheepcote; sheepfold; fold
Hypernyms ("fold" is a kind of...):
pen (an enclosure for confining livestock)
Meaning:
The act of folding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
folding; fold
Context example:
he gave the napkins a double fold
Hypernyms ("fold" is a kind of...):
change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fold"):
pleating; plication (folding in parallel folds)
• FOLD (verb)
Meaning:
Bend or lay so that one part covers the other
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
fold; fold up; turn up
Context examples:
fold up the newspaper / turn up your collar
Hypernyms (to "fold" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fold"):
pleat; plicate (fold into pleats,)
collapse (fold or close up)
cross (fold so as to resemble a cross)
crimp; pinch (make ridges into by pinching together)
tuck (make a tuck or several folds in)
pleat; ruffle (pleat or gather into a ruffle)
corrugate (fold into ridges)
crease; crinkle; crisp; ruckle; scrunch; scrunch up; wrinkle (make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface)
crease; furrow; wrinkle (make wrinkled or creased)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
unfold (spread out or open from a closed or folded state)
Meaning:
Intertwine
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
fold one's hands, arms, or legs
Hypernyms (to "fold" is one way to...):
enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin or twist together so as to form a cord)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Fold the egg whites into the batter
Hypernyms (to "fold" is one way to...):
incorporate; integrate (make into a whole or make part of a whole)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They fold the sheets
Meaning:
Cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
close; close down; close up; shut down; fold
Context examples:
The owners decided to move and to close the factory / My business closes every night at 8 P.M. / close up the shop
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fold"):
adjourn; retire; withdraw (break from a meeting or gathering)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The business is going to fold
Meaning:
Confine in a fold, like sheep
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pen up; fold
Hypernyms (to "fold" is one way to...):
confine; hold; restrain (to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Become folded or folded up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fold up; fold
Context example:
The bed folds in a jiffy
Hypernyms (to "fold" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fold"):
crease; crinkle; crumple; rumple; wrinkle (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
The sheets didn't fold
These fabrics fold easily
