fold
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a fold in the napkin
Types & categories
- angularity hypernym
- pleat hyponym
- twirl hyponym
- pucker hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
fold up the newspaper
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Types & categories
- social group hypernym
- flock hyponym
Parts & wholes
- denomination member holonym
Related & opposite
- congregate derivation
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
Types & categories
- integrate hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
Types & categories
- geological process hypernym
Sense 6 verb
cease to operate or cause to cease operating
The owners decided to move and to close the factory
Types & categories
- adjourn hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a group of sheep or goats
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sheep member meronym
Sense 8 verb
confine in a fold, like sheep
Types & categories
- restrain hypernym
Related & opposite
- sheepfold derivation
Sense 9 noun
a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
- epicanthus hyponym
- vocal cord hyponym
- ruga hyponym
- tentorium hyponym
Sense 10 verb
become folded or folded up
The bed folds in a jiffy
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- folding derivation
Sense 11 noun
a pen for sheep
Types & categories
- pen hypernym
Related & opposite
- pen up derivation
Sense 12 noun
the act of folding
he gave the napkins a double fold
Types & categories
- change of shape hypernym
- pleating hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |