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fold::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plica |
| Type of | body structure, structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure |
| Has types | tentorium, plica vocalis, vocal cord, epicanthic fold, epicanthus, vocal band, ruga, vocal fold |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flock |
| Type of | animal group |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | folding |
| Type of | change of shape |
| Has types | plication, pleating |
he gave the napkins a double fold.
fold::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | congregation, faithful |
| Type of | social group |
| Has types | flock |
fold::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | folding |
| Type of | geological process, geologic process |
fold::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | integrate, incorporate |
Examples of fold
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The toll grew six-fold in May, the month of the fire, and reached 2,200 in July.
From the stltoday.com
Fold the dough corners into the round edge, and pinch with your fingers to seal.
From the thenewstribune.com
Its only sign on the surface had been a fold, or buckling, in the earth's crust.
From the time.com
I fold up the juice-box corners near the top of the box so they look like wings.
From the washingtonpost.com
The Houston-based company has seen its stock price increase six-fold since 2003.
From the forbes.com
Top each tortilla with potato mixture and avocado salsa, fold in half and serve.
From the kansas.com
Fold the sides over to cover the filling, then roll the leaf from bottom to top.
From the courier-journal.com
Brush the edges lightly with water and fold the dumpling in half to seal firmly.
From the time.com
Fold over the parchment to create a pocket and trim paper to make a heart shape.
From the time.com
- An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
- Bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
- Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
- Congregation: a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- Close up: cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
- Fold was the debut release by Australian rock band Epicure. It was issued on 7 August 2000.
- The term fold is used in geology when one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, are bent or curved as a result of plastic (that is, permanent) deformation. Synsedimentary folds are those due to slumping of sedimentary material before it is lithified. ...
- In functional programming, fold, also known variously as reduce, accumulate, compress or inject, is a family of higher-order functions that iterate an arbitrary function over a data structure in some order and build up a return value. ...
