Other Words for Fold

Fold Noun Synonyms
bend, ply, double (over or up), overlap, crease, pleat, gather, crimp
Fold the letter before putting it into the envelope.

Fold Verb Synonyms
enclose, envelop, enfold, wrap, enwrap, clasp, clip, embrace, hug, gather
He folded her in his arms.

give way, collapse, fail, close (up or down), shut down, go out of business, go bankrupt, go under, go broke, go bust, go to the wall
The company folded and ten employees were made redundant.

crease, wrinkle, crinkle, pucker, pleat, gather, crimp, overlap, lap
The folds will remain crisp if you use starch when ironing.

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Gather / Lap

Overturned Fold

Science / Geology / Overturned Fold: A fold that has both limbs dipping in the same direction, resulting from one of those limbs being rotated through an angle of at least 90 degrees. Overturned folds are found in areas of intense deform MORE

Bulk Folder

Technology / Email / Bulk Folder: Where many email clients send messages that appear to be from spammers or contain spam or are from any sender who's not in the recipient's address book or contact list. Some clients allow the recipien MORE

Folder

Technology / Computers / Folder: As displayed in a graphical user interface, simulates a file folder that contains other objects, similar to how one would use a file in a file cabinet. MORE

Recumbent Fold

Science / Geology / Recumbent Fold: An overturned fold that has two limbs which are nearly horizontal. MORE

Limb (Fold)

Science / Geology / Limb (Fold): The relatively planar part of a fold or of two adjacent folds (for example, the steeply dipping part of a stratum between an anticline and syncline). MORE

Threefold Death

Entertainment / Literature / Threefold Death: According to Dan Wiley's entry in Duffy's Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, threefold death is a motif of the early Irish aideda in which a victim is killed by three different means in rapid successi MORE