folding
adjective
[ ˈfəʊldɪŋ ]
• (of a piece of furniture or equipment) able to be bent or rearranged into a flatter or more compact shape, typically in order to make it easier to store or carry.
• "a folding chair"
fold
verb
• 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,
Origin:
Old English falden, fealden, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vouwen and German falten .
fold
verb
• shut (livestock) in a fold.
Origin:
Old English fald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vaalt .
