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To fold something is to lay one part over another, thereby reducing dimensions and sometimes forming creases (fold a letter, fold clothes).
If you fold one ingredient into another in cooking, you carefully add one to the other.
If a business folds, it fails and shuts down.
If you fold in a poker game, you withdraw from play and lose what you have wagered.
A fold is created anytime that you fold something tangible, like the fold in the center of a newspaper.
Surface fold or crease
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- pleatSewn fabric fold
- puckerDraw into wrinkles
crimp · ridge · crinkle · indentation · groove · ruffle · tuck · gather
Pressed pulp for writing
- craneLifter or wader
- kamiShinto sacred spirits
- kirigamiCut-and-fold paper sculpture
- washiJapanese handmade fiber paper
modular · base · waterbomb · tessellation
Horizontal layer of material
- layerSingle thickness of material
- anticlineArched rock formation
- synclineDownward-bowing rock formation
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
bedrock · stratification · tectonics · deformation · buckle · thrust · nappe · orogeny
Surround and cover fully
- wrapEnclose by winding around
- cradleRocking bed for infants
- nestleSettle into sheltered comfort
- cocoonSilk wrapping for transformation
surround · enclose · hug · hold · gather · clasp · swaddle · blanket
Animals gathered together
- penInk-filled writing tool
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
pasture · shepherd · lambing · ewes · rams · shearing · livestock · hillside
wrinkle
Surface fold or crease
pucker · crimp · ridge · crinkle · indentation · groove · ruffle · tuck · gather · rumple
pleat
Sewn fabric fold
drape · seam · dart · gather · shirring · ruffle · tailoring · quilting · bias · plisse
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
washi · modular · base · waterbomb · tessellation
stratum
Horizontal layer of material
- layerSingle thickness of material
- anticlineArched rock formation
- synclineDownward-bowing rock formation
sediment · bedrock · stratification · tectonics · deformation · buckle · thrust · nappe · orogeny · compression
envelop
Surround and cover fully
cocoon · surround · enclose · hug · hold · gather · clasp · swaddle · blanket · shroud
flock
Animals gathered together
paddock · pasture · shepherd · lambing · ewes · rams · shearing · livestock · hillside · grazing
check
Order to pay
bluff · hand · pot · chips · showdown · flop · river · turn · all-in · stakes
cave-in
Underground passage collapse
crumple · implode · flop · tank · belly-up · wind-up · cease · discontinue · end
incorporate
Absorb into something larger
integrate · whisk · batter · meringue · spatula · gentle · aerate · lighten · cut-in · mousse
- laundrywashing machine, wash, dryer, clothes dryer, rinse
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- pokerblinds, all-in, all in, call, seven-card stud
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- Christmas cardsmerry Christmas, seasons greetings, envelope, stamp, message
- fold upMake compact by creasing
- folding bikeBicycle designed to collapse
- folding chairHinged portable seating
- folded upBent into compact form
- file folderTabbed paper container
- folding clothesOrganizing clean garments flat
unfold, folder, folding, folded, folds, unfolding, unfolded, manifold, enfold