n. the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"

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

n. a pen for sheep

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

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"

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

v. intertwine; "fold one's hands, arms, or legs"

v. confine in a fold, like sheep

v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

v. 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"

adj. (used in combination) multiplied by a specified number: "fiftyfold"

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

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"

n. artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for some purpose

n. a local church community

n. several things grouped together or considered as a whole

n. a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose

n. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"

n. instrumentalists not including string players

n. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

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

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

n. any long raised strip

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

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

n. a shape distorted by twisting or folding

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

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

v. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

v. break violently or noisily; smash;

v. bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

v. cause to spread

v. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

v. become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

adj. occurring in pairs; "a bigeminal pulse"

adj. characterized by or consisting of two parts or components: "a binary star"; "a double meaning"; "a dual role for an actor"; "a twofold reason"

adj. two together: "both girls are pretty"

adj. containing ten or ten parts

adj. twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"

adj. having two like units or parts: "double doors"

adj. many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology"

adj. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people"

adj. having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"

adj. three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"

adj. being three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity; "a triune God"

adj. four times as great or many

adj. four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage"

adj. having five units or components

adj. having five units or components

adj. having six units or components

adj. having six units or components

adj. having seven units or components

adj. having seven units or components

adj. having eight units or components

adj. having eight units or components

adj. having nine units or components

adj. having nine units or components

adj. 1000 times as great or many; very great

v. spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms"

v. agitate the air

v. start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"