fold
Noun
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is a type of: angular shape, angularity - a shape having one or more sharp anglessubtypes:
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is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relationsubtypes: flock - a church congregation guided by a pastorbelongs to: denomination - a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faithsame as: congregation, faithful
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is a type of: geologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modifiedsame as: folding
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is a type of: animal group - a group of animalsmember holonym: sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goatsame as: flock
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is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangementsubtypes:
- epicanthic fold, epicanthus - a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome
- plica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal fold - either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx
- ruga - (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease
- tentorium - (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum
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is a type of: pen - an enclosure for confining livestock
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is a type of: change of shape - an action that changes the shape of somethingsame as: folding
Verb
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is a type of: change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surfacesubtypes:
- pleat, plicate - fold into pleats
- crease, furrow, wrinkle - make wrinkled or creased
- crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
- corrugate - fold into ridges
- pleat, ruffle - pleat or gather into a ruffle
- tuck - make a tuck or several folds in
- crimp, pinch - make ridges into by pinching together
- cross - fold so as to resemble a cross
- collapse - fold or close up
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is a type of: incorporate, integrate - make into a whole or make part of a whole
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is a type of: confine, constrain, hold, restrain - to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movementsame as: pen up
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesame as: fold up
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