An angular or rounded shape made by folding:
— A fold in the napkin.

synonyms: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication.

Roget 244: angularity, angularness^†; aduncity^†; angle, cusp, bend; fold etc. 258; notch etc. 257; fork, bifurcation.    elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo^†, akimbo.    corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel [Arch.], coign^†.    right angle etc. (perpendicular) 216.1, 212; obliquity etc. 217; angle of 45 degrees, miter; acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle.    angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity; trigonometry, goniometry; altimetry^†; clinometer, graphometer^†, goniometer; theodolite; sextant, quadrant; dichotomy.    triangle, trigon^†, wedge; rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond; rhomb, rhombus; quadrangle, quadrilateral; parallelogram; quadrature; polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon^†, decagon.    pyramid, cone.    Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof.    ... show more

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell^†, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon^†, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure etc. 232; isolation (exclusion) 893; penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod [Lat.]; calaboose, chauki^†, choky^†, thana^†; workhouse [U.S.].    Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea; King's Bench, Queen's Bench.    bond; bandage; irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples^†; vice, vise.    yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether, picket, band, guy, chain; cord etc. (fastening) 45; cavesson^†, hackamore [U.S.], headstall, jaquima [U.S.], lines, ribbons.    bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade.    drag etc. (hindrance) 706.    ... show more

Roget 258: fold, plicature^†, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature^†, gather, wrinkle, rimple^†, crinkle, crankle^†, crumple, rumple, rivel^†, ruck^†, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce^†, flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication^†.    ... show more

Roget 232: inclosure, envelope; case etc. (receptacle) 191; wrapper; girdle etc. 230.    pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, sheep fold; paddock, pound; corral; yard; net, seine net.    wall, hedge, hedge row; espalier; fence etc. (defense) 717; pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation^†, enceinte, ring fence.    barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle [U.S.]; door, hatch, cordon; prison etc. 752.    dike, dyke, ditch, fosse^†, moat.    ... show more

Roget 91: bisection, bipartition; dichotomy, subdichotomy^†; halving etc. v.; dimidiation^†.    bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork, prong; fold.    half, moiety.    ... show more

Dutch: kreukel, vouw, plooi, soufflé
Polish: zagięcie, przegięcie, zgięcie, załamanie

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

synonyms: congregation, faithful.

Roget 997: laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, people; society [U.S.].    temporality, secularization.    layman, civilian; parishioner, catechumen; secularist.    ... show more

Dutch: kudde, congregatie, kerkvolk
Polish: kongregacja

A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock.

synonym: folding.

A group of sheep or goats.

synonym: flock.

Dutch: kudde
Polish: kierdel

A folded part (as in skin or muscle).

synonym: plica.

Dutch: huidplooi, plooi
Polish: fałd, fałda

A pen for sheep.

synonyms: sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold.

Dutch: schaapskooi, schaapsstal, schapenstal, schapestal
Polish: owczarnia

The act of folding:
— He gave the napkins a double fold.

synonym: folding.

Bend or lay so that one part covers the other:
— Fold up the newspaper.

synonyms: fold up, turn up.

Roget 258: fold, double, plicate^†, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle^†, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple^†, rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce^†, rivel^†, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple^†, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck^†, hem, gather.    ... show more

Dutch: plooien, vouwen

Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating.

Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.

synonyms: close, close down, close up, shut down.

Dutch: uitzetten, afsluiten, lamleggen, platgooien, platleggen, platliggen, stilleggen, stilliggen

Confine in a fold, like sheep.

synonym: pen up.

Become folded or folded up:
— The bed folds in a jiffy.

synonym: fold up.

Dutch: zich gewonnen geven