fold
verb
[ fəʊld ]
• bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another.
• "Sam folded up the map"
Similar:
double,
double over,
double up,
crease,
turn under,
turn up,
turn over,
bend,
overlap,
tuck,
gather,
pleat,
crimp,
bunch,
• cover or wrap something in (a soft or flexible material).
• "a bag was folded around the book"
• (of an enterprise or organization) cease trading or operating as a result of financial problems.
• "the club folded earlier this year"
Similar:
fail,
collapse,
crash,
founder,
be ruined,
cave in,
go bankrupt,
become insolvent,
cease trading,
go into receivership,
go into liquidation,
be liquidated,
be wound up,
be closed (down),
be shut (down),
go bust,
go broke,
go bump,
go under,
go to the wall,
go belly up,
come a cropper,
flop,
flatline,
fold
noun
• a form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth.
• "the fabric fell in soft folds"
Similar:
pleat,
gather,
ruffle,
bunch,
turn,
folded portion,
double thickness,
overlap,
layer,
crease,
knife-edge,
wrinkle,
crinkle,
pucker,
furrow,
• a slight hill or hollow in the ground.
• "the house lay in a fold of the hills"
• a line or crease produced in paper or cloth as the result of folding it.
Origin:
Old English falden, fealden, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vouwen and German falten .
fold
noun
• a pen or enclosure in a field where livestock, especially sheep, can be kept.
Similar:
enclosure,
pen,
paddock,
pound,
compound,
ring,
stall,
sty,
coop,
parrock,
corral,
kraal,
potrero,
fold
verb
• shut (livestock) in a fold.
Origin:
Old English fald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vaalt .
-fold
suffix
• (forming adjectives and adverbs from cardinal numbers) in an amount multiplied by.
• "threefold"
• (forming adjectives and adverbs from cardinal numbers) consisting of so many parts or facets.
• "twofold"
Origin:
Old English -fald, -feald ; related to fold1.
