fold : Idioms & Phrases

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bi-fold door

  • noun an interior door
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eight-fold

  • adjective satellite having eight units or components
    eightfold; octuple.
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epicanthic fold

  • noun a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome
    epicanthus.
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false vocal fold

  • noun either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
    superior vocal cord; false vocal cord; ventricular fold; false vocal fold.
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five-fold

  • adjective satellite having five units or components
    quintuple; fivefold.
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Fold net

  • a kind of net used in catching birds.
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fold up

  • verb bend or lay so that one part covers the other
    fold; turn up.
    • fold up the newspaper
    • turn up your collar
  • verb become folded or folded up
    fold.
    • The bed folds in a jiffy
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Fold yard

  • an inclosure for sheep or cattle.
Webster 1913

folding chair

  • noun a chair that can be folded flat for storage
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folding door

  • noun an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges)
    accordion door.
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folding money

  • noun currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
    paper currency; paper money.
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folding saw

  • noun a saw with a toothed blade that folds into a handle (the way a pocketknife folds)
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four-fold

  • adjective satellite having four units or components
    fourfold; quadruplicate; quadruple; quadruplex.
    • quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure
    • quadruplex wire
  • adjective satellite four times as great or many
    fourfold; quadruple.
    • a fourfold increase in the dosage
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inferior vocal fold

  • noun either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them
    inferior vocal cord; inferior vocal fold; true vocal cord.
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nine-fold

  • adjective satellite having nine units or components
    nonuple; ninefold.
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protective fold

  • noun a flap of tissue that protects what it covers
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protein folding

  • noun the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
    folding.
    • understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code
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seven-fold

  • adjective satellite having seven units or components
    septuple; sevenfold.
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six-fold

  • adjective satellite having six units or components
    sixfold; sextuple.
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ten-fold

  • adjective satellite containing ten or ten parts
    tenfold; denary.
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thousand-fold

  • adverb by three orders of magnitude
    thousand times.
    • this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic
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three-fold

  • adjective satellite three times as great or many
    treble; threefold; triple.
    • a claim for treble (or triple) damages
    • a threefold increase
  • adjective satellite having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
    treble; twofold; double; three-fold; threefold; dual.
    • a double (or dual) role for an actor
    • the office of a clergyman is twofold
    • every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
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thresh-fold

Thresh"-fold` noun
Definitions
  1. Threshold. Obs. Chaucer.
Webster 1913

true vocal fold

  • noun either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them
    inferior vocal cord; inferior vocal fold; true vocal cord.
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two-fold

  • adjective satellite having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
    treble; twofold; double; three-fold; threefold; dual.
    • a double (or dual) role for an actor
    • the office of a clergyman is twofold
    • every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
  • adjective satellite twice as great or many
    double; twofold; doubled.
    • ate a double portion
    • the dose is doubled
    • a twofold increase
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ventricular fold

  • noun either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
    superior vocal cord; false vocal cord; ventricular fold; false vocal fold.
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vestibular fold

  • noun either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
    superior vocal cord; false vocal cord; ventricular fold; false vocal fold.
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vocal fold

  • noun either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx
    vocal cord; plica vocalis; vocal band.
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