- foldable, foldaway, folding - capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed"
Antonyms: noncollapsible, noncollapsable (indirect, via collapsible)
- protein folding, folding - the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape; "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code"
--1 is a kind of organic process, biological process
- fold, folding - the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
--2 is a kind of change of shape
--2 has particulars: plication, pleatingDerived form: verb fold1
- fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
--1 is one way to change surface
Antonyms: unfold, spread, spread out, open
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun fold1, noun fold5, noun folder2, noun folding2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- fold - intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs"
--2 is one way to intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- fold - incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
--3 is one way to integrate, incorporate
Sample sentence:
They fold the sheets
- close, fold, shut down, close down - 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."
Sample sentence:
The business is going to fold
- pen up, fold - confine in a fold, like sheep
--5 is one way to restrain, confine, hold
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun fold4
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- fold, fold up - become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
--6 is one way to change
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun fold5
The sheets didn't fold
These fabrics fold easily
- fold - incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"