Fold: alternatives and connections

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.

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See Creese.

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

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Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

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A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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See Plait.

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Alt. of Plicated

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To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

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To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

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To scranch; to crunch.

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A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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A winkle.

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The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

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To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.

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A feather.

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Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

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A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

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See Plait.

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A folding or fold; a plait.

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To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

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A roc.

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A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.

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A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentoriu…

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To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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To bend; as, to flex the arm.

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One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

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One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

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The act of naming or designating.

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Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

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See Creese.

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To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

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Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

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The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Po…

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A folding or fold; a plait.

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A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

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A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.

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Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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