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Nouns (5)

n. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (20)

tuck

n. a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place

line, seam, furrow, wrinkle, crease, crinkle

n. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

ridge

n. any long raised strip

circuit, loop

n. anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

curve, curved shape

n. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

buckle, warp, warping

n. a shape distorted by twisting or folding

twist, twirl, kink

n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

fold, plica

n. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

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