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fold

noun

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Sense 1 noun

an angular or rounded shape made by folding

a fold in the napkin

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Sense 2 verb

bend or lay so that one part covers the other

fold up the newspaper

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Sense 3 noun

a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

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Sense 4 verb

incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating

Fold the egg whites into the batter

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Sense 5 noun

a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

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Sense 6 verb

cease to operate or cause to cease operating

The owners decided to move and to close the factory

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Sense 7 noun

a group of sheep or goats

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Sense 8 verb

confine in a fold, like sheep

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Sense 9 noun

a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

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Sense 10 verb

become folded or folded up

The bed folds in a jiffy

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Sense 11 noun

a pen for sheep

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Sense 12 noun

the act of folding

he gave the napkins a double fold

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite plicate
1 derivation Related & opposite fold
1 derivation Related & opposite twist
1 derivation Related & opposite crimp
1 derivation Related & opposite bend
1 hypernym Types & categories angularity
1 hyponym Types & categories pleat
1 hyponym Types & categories twirl
1 hyponym Types & categories pucker
2 antonym Related & opposite spread
2 derivation Related & opposite folding
2 derivation Related & opposite cuff
2 derivation Related & opposite folder
2 derivation Related & opposite fold
2 hypernym Types & categories change surface
2 hyponym Types & categories plicate
2 hyponym Types & categories furrow
2 hyponym Types & categories crease
2 hyponym Types & categories corrugate
2 hyponym Types & categories pleat
2 hyponym Types & categories tuck
2 hyponym Types & categories crimp
2 hyponym Types & categories cross
2 hyponym Types & categories collapse
3 derivation Related & opposite congregate
3 member holonym Parts & wholes denomination
3 hypernym Types & categories social group
3 hyponym Types & categories flock
4 hypernym Types & categories integrate
5 hypernym Types & categories geological process
6 antonym Related & opposite open
6 derivation Related & opposite closedown
6 derivation Related & opposite closer
6 derivation Related & opposite close
6 hyponym Types & categories adjourn
7 member meronym Parts & wholes sheep
7 hypernym Types & categories animal group
8 derivation Related & opposite sheepfold
8 hypernym Types & categories restrain
9 hypernym Types & categories anatomical structure
9 hyponym Types & categories epicanthus
9 hyponym Types & categories vocal cord
9 hyponym Types & categories ruga
9 hyponym Types & categories tentorium
10 derivation Related & opposite folding
10 hypernym Types & categories change
10 hyponym Types & categories crinkle
11 derivation Related & opposite pen up
11 hypernym Types & categories pen
12 derivation Related & opposite fold up
12 derivation Related & opposite fold
12 hypernym Types & categories change of shape
12 hyponym Types & categories pleating