fold

Verb

• become folded or folded up
  • The bed folds in a jiffy
    

• confine in a fold, like sheep

• 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
    

• incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
  • Fold the egg whites into the batter
    

• bend or lay so that one part covers the other
  • fold up the newspaper
    
  • turn up your collar
    

Noun

• the act of folding
  • he gave the napkins a double fold
    

• a pen for sheep

• a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

• a group of sheep or goats

• a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fold up , pen up , close up , close , shut down , close down , turn up , folding , sheepfold , sheep pen , sheepcote , plica , flock , congregation , faithful , crease , plication , flexure , crimp , bend
• Antonyms: 
  open , open up , unfold , spread , spread out