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foʊldfold

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fold
Synonyms:
double, enfold, embrace, envelop, inclose, wrap
Antonyms:
unfold, disengage, expose

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fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bendnoun
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"
Synonyms:
turn, sheep pen, curve, flexure, plication, bending, sheepcote, faithful, flexion, bend, bend dexter, crease, crimp, wrinkle, seam, twist, flection, creese, plica, sheepfold, pleating, line, furrow, folding, crinkle, crook, congregation, crimper, flock, kris
Antonyms:
open, spread, unfold, spread out
congregation, fold, faithfulnoun
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Synonyms:
flock, flexure, sheepcote, faithful, crease, plica, folding, congregating, sheepfold, congregation, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication
Antonyms:
spread, spread out, unfold, open
fold, foldingnoun
a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
Synonyms:
flock, flexure, sheepcote, faithful, crease, plica, folding, sheepfold, congregation, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication, protein folding
Antonyms:
spread, spread out, unfold, open
flock, foldnoun
a group of sheep or goats
Synonyms:
tidy sum, folding, bend, peck, mint, crease, plenty, lot, sheep pen, passel, batch, raft, quite a little, plication, spate, muckle, pile, faithful, good deal, stack, crimp, sight, flexure, deal, congregation, troop, sheepfold, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, mess, sheepcote, plica, mass, mountain, great deal, pot
Antonyms:
open, unfold, spread out, spread
fold, plicanoun
a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Synonyms:
flock, flexure, sheepcote, faithful, crease, plica, folding, sheepfold, congregation, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication
Antonyms:
open, spread, spread out, unfold
fold, sheepfold, sheep pen, sheepcotenoun
a pen for sheep
Synonyms:
flock, flexure, sheepcote, faithful, crease, plica, folding, sheepfold, congregation, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication
Antonyms:
unfold, spread out, open, spread
fold, foldingverb
the act of folding
"he gave the napkins a double fold"
Synonyms:
flock, flexure, sheepcote, faithful, crease, plica, folding, sheepfold, congregation, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication, protein folding
Antonyms:
unfold, spread out, open, spread
fold, fold up, turn upverb
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
"fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
Synonyms:
come out, pen up, shut down, come on, surface, close up, show up, prove, close, close down, turn up, locate, excavate, fold up, turn out, dig up
Antonyms:
open, unfold, spread out, spread
foldverb
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
"Fold the egg whites into the batter"
Synonyms:
close, close up, close down, shut down, fold up, pen up, turn up
Antonyms:
spread out, unfold, open, spread
close up, close, fold, shut down, close downverb
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"
Synonyms:
block, come together, pen up, belt up, shut, button up, fill up, impede, conclude, be quiet, dummy up, clam up, close up, keep mum, close, close down, obstruct, obturate, turn up, shut down, fold up, shut up, jam, occlude
Antonyms:
unfold, spread out, spread, open
pen up, foldverb
confine in a fold, like sheep
Synonyms:
turn up, fold up, pen up, close down, close up, shut down, close
Antonyms:
spread, spread out, unfold, open
fold, fold upverb
become folded or folded up
"The bed folds in a jiffy"
Synonyms:
turn up, fold up, pen up, close down, close up, shut down, close
Antonyms:
unfold, spread out, open, spread

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pince
the term pince comes from the french verb pincer (to pinch): the pinces are internal stitch folds designed to shape a garment.
the clothing designers are best known for adding pinces when drawing patterns for ladies slacks and skirts as well as mens trousers.
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foldnoun
Synonyms:
pen (for sheep), enclosure
foldnoun
Synonyms:
flock of sheep
foldnoun
Synonyms:
plait, double, doubling, folding, PLICATURE, gather
foldverb
Synonyms:
double, lay in folds
foldverb
Synonyms:
wrap, inwrap, envelop, infold

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foldnoun
Synonyms:
doubling, plait, convolution, sheep-pen, cote, embrace
foldverb
Synonyms:
double, embrace, infold, clasp

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List of paraphrases for "fold":
folding, bend, dual, double, barn, herd, times, plaice, kink, crease

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#228	line
#362	times
#735	close
#748	lot
#1007	turn
#1046	double
#1274	deal
#1521	mountain
#1653	surface
#1662	block
#2009	mass
#2702	dual
#4340	prove
#4715	plenty
#4911	locate
#4976	sight
#5100	pot
#5177	mint
#5259	jam
#5452	wrap
#5505	shut
#5702	stack
#5714	curve
#6423	fold
#6506	bend
#7410	batch
#7835	twist
#7878	folding
#8009	mess
#8648	conclude
#8966	barn
#10302	pile
#10349	faithful
#10795	embrace
#12250	congregation
#13905	kris
#14364	heap
#14443	herd
#14989	troop
#15058	flock
#15064	bending
#17739	peck
#19758	seam
#20390	wrinkle
#21748	raft
#22194	slew
#25335	crook
#29367	crease
#29400	impede
#34150	crimp
#36659	wad
#36775	kink
#39730	obstruct
#47000	furrow
#48006	spate
#50044	flexion
#65224	crinkle
#75984	envelop
#76481	excavate
#80012	crimper
#84870	plication
#86646	flexure
#102994	plaice
#118812	enfold
#127323	mickle
#149105	muckle
#151217	congregating
#163107	passel
#168992	sheepfold
#173282	pleating
#201413	hatful
#205593	occlude
#230483	creese
#256946	inclose
#300262	flection

How to use fold in a sentence?

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:
We will not fold before this type of terrorism, we defend freedom and want to preserve it.
Sonia Sotomayor:
It’s hard to believe someone so misinformed sits on the court, but that’s where we are — 100,000 kids are not in ICUs or on ventilators. That’s about 30-fold more than reality per the HHS, even Anthony Fauci admits that most kids are hospitalized with COVID, not because of COVID.
William LaCourse:
The combination of ultra-thin glass, less than the thickness of human hair, and very high strength allows glass to be bent, twisted, etc. without fracture, it will not fold flat like a dollar bill, but you could fold it around a metal rod and you could do it over and over and it will still go back to flat [ without ] creases.
Carissa Christensen:
I don’t think the accident is going to cause a mass move away from SpaceX, it will be one more fact companies fold into their decisions and their negotiations, but it’s not going to be the only fact, and it’s certainly not going to be the most important fact.
Purvi Parikh:
While food allergies overall affect about 4 percent of U.S. population, we have found a three-fold increase in peanut allergies over the last few decades.

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vouAfrikaans
طوىArabic
дипла, паство, отказвам се, сгъване, кошара, сгъвам, гънка, лоно, прегъвамBulgarian
plec, plegar, séc, plegament, doblegarCatalan, Valencian
přeložit, vrása, foldovatCzech
sich geschlagen geben, falten, Falzung, Schoß, zusammenbrechen, in sich zusammenfallen, zusammenfalten, Faltung, Falz, aussteigen, Faltmanöver, unterheben, zusammenlegen, Falte, Gemeinde, nachgeben, Schafspferch, zusammenkrachenGerman
ποίμνιο, ανοίγω, διπλώνω, δίπλωμα, μαντρί, στάνη, καταρρέω, πτυχή, πτύσσωGreek
doblar, pliegue, aprisco, doblamiento, corral, revolver suavemente, ceder, doblarse, cuna, pasar, derribarse, plegar, doblez, redil, incorporar, dobladura, cercaSpanish
تاهPersian
viikata, taittaa, mennä nurin, poimu, taittaminen, lopettaa, luovuttaa, kaatua, taittelu, karsina, sekoittaa, antaa periksi, laskostaa, taitella, taitos, sulkeaFinnish
pliage, parc à moutons, plier bagage, laisser tomber, s’écrouler, plier, pliure, bercail, s'écraser, pli, sein de l’Église, bergerie, se coucher, concéder, incorporer, replier, s’effondrerFrench
fillIrish
pregar, dobradura, pregadura, dobrarGalician
hajtásHungarian
ծալել, կնճիռ, ծալքArmenian
pakka, brjóta samanIcelandic
piegareItalian
折る, 畳むJapanese
겹Korean
tewandin, qat, pêçan, çemandinKurdish
plicareLatin
whakapekaMāori
plooien, zich gewonnen geven, plooi, vouwenDutch
dobrar, dobra, dobraduraPortuguese
îndoi, pliaRomanian
скла́дка, уступа́ть, скла́дывать, перегиба́ть, сложи́ть, перегну́ть, скла́дывание, коша́ра, уступи́ть, складкаRussian
saviti, савити, сложити, složitiSerbo-Croatian
veck, vika, böja, vikning, fålla, läggaSwedish
మడచు, మడత, మడతపెట్టుTelugu
bükmek, katlamakTurkish
gập lạiVietnamese
折Chinese

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