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fold

n.

Folded material
lap, pleat, plait, lapel, tuck, overlap, folded portion, part turned over, part turned back, shirring, smocking, gathers, gatherings, doubled material.
The line at which material is folded
crease, turn, folded edge, crimp, wrinkle, knife-edge, pleat, plait, corrugation.
Animal pen
cage, corral, coop; see enclosure 1.

fold Synonyms

fold

v.

To enclose
envelop, wrap up, do up; see wrap 1, 2.
To place or lay in folds
double, pleat, plait, crease, curl, crimp, wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, laminate, ruffle, corrugate, pucker, gather, double over, telescope, lap, overlap, dogear.
Antonyms unfold*, straighten, expand.
*To fail
go out of business, close, collapse; see fail 4, give 4.

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Another word for fold

verb

To bend together or make a crease in so that one part lies over another:
crease, double, pleat, ply¹, ruck². See order, smooth
(Informal)
To undergo sudden financial failure:
break, bust, collapse, crash, fail, go under. Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall. See money
(Informal)
To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength:
bow¹, buckle, capitulate, submit, succumb, surrender, yield. See resist
(Informal)
To give way mentally and emotionally:
break (down), collapse, crack, snap. (Informal) crack up. See explosion