Fold

//ˈfəʊld//

Synonyms for "fold" (335 found)

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29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

14 entries

derived

87 entries

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has context

11 entries

is a

5 entries

manner of

3 entries

related to

35 entries

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Translations

311 translations across 66 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • vou noun (act of folding)
  • vou noun (bend or crease)
  • vou verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • vou verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)

Albanian

3 entries
  • palë noun (act of folding)
  • palim verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • palos verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • μάνδρα noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • πτύξ noun (bend or crease)
  • σηκός noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • εἴκω verb (give way on a point or in an argument)

Arabic

4 entries
  • طَيَّة noun (bend or crease)
  • ثنى verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • طَبَّق verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • طَوَى verb (bend (thin material) over)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ծալք noun (bend or crease)
  • կնճիռ noun (bend or crease)
  • ծալել verb (bend (thin material) over)

Asturian

4 entries
  • dobladura noun (act of folding)
  • dobladura noun (bend or crease)
  • doblar verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • plegar verb (bend (thin material) over)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • ağıl noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • büküm noun (bend or crease)
  • bükmək verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • qatlamaq verb (bend (thin material) over)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гънка noun (bend or crease)
  • дипла noun (bend or crease)
  • кошара noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • лоно noun (church or congregation)

Catalan

4 entries
  • plec noun (bend or crease)
  • plegament noun (act of folding)
  • séc noun (bend or crease)
  • doblegar verb (bend (thin material) over)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • قەدکردن verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • پێچان verb (bend (thin material) over)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 摺 /折 verb (bend (thin material) over)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 折疊 /折叠 verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • 摺 /折 verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • 棄牌 /弃牌 verb (poker: withdraw from betting)
  • 蓋牌 /盖牌 verb (poker: withdraw from betting)

Cornish

1 entries
  • plegya verb (bend (thin material) over)

Czech

4 entries
  • vrása noun ((geology) bending of originally flat planar surfaces)
  • záhyb noun (bend or crease)
  • foldovat verb (poker: withdraw from betting)
  • přeložit verb (bend (thin material) over)

Dutch

4 entries
  • plooi noun (bend or crease)
  • vouw noun (bend or crease)
  • plooien verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)
  • vouwen verb (bend (thin material) over)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • faldo noun (bend or crease)
  • faldi verb (bend (thin material) over)

Finnish

4 entries
  • karsina noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • poimu noun (bend or crease)
  • poimu noun ((geology) bending of originally flat planar surfaces)
  • taite noun (bend or crease)

French

4 entries
  • bercail noun (home, family)
  • bercail noun (church or congregation)
  • bergerie noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • parc à moutons noun (enclosure for domestic animals)

Friulian

4 entries
  • pleade noun (act of folding)
  • pleadure noun (act of folding)
  • plee noun (bend or crease)
  • pleâ verb (bend (thin material) over)

Galician

4 entries
  • dobradura noun (act of folding)
  • dobradura noun (bend or crease)
  • pregadura noun (bend or crease)
  • dobrar verb (bend (thin material) over)

German

4 entries
  • Falte noun (bend or crease)
  • Falte noun ((geology) bending of originally flat planar surfaces)
  • Falten noun (act of folding)
  • Faltmanöver noun (correct move in origami)

Greek

4 entries
  • δίπλωμα noun (act of folding)
  • μαντρί noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • ποίμνιο noun (church or congregation)
  • πτυχή noun (bend or crease)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • વાળવું verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻopi verb (bend (thin material) over)

Hindi

1 entries
  • परत verb (bend (thin material) over)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • gyűrődés noun ((geology) bending of originally flat planar surfaces)
  • hajtás noun (act of folding)
  • hajtás noun (bend or crease)
  • redő noun (bend or crease)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • brjóta saman verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • brjóta saman verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)
  • pakka verb (poker: withdraw from betting)

Ido

1 entries
  • faldar verb (bend (thin material) over)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kedut noun (bend or crease)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • karsina noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • poime noun (bend or crease)
  • poimu noun (bend or crease)

Irish

4 entries
  • furca noun (bend or crease)
  • mainnear noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • fill verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • fill verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)

Italian

4 entries
  • piega noun (bend or crease)
  • amalgamare verb (stir gently with a folding action)
  • cedere verb (give way on a point or in an argument)
  • cessare verb (cease to trade)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 折る verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • 畳む verb (bend (thin material) over)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បត់ verb (bend (thin material) over)

Korean

2 entries
  • 개다 verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • 접다 verb (bend (thin material) over)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • бюкиек verb (bend (thin material) over)

Latin

1 entries
  • plicō verb (bend (thin material) over)

Lingala

1 entries
  • kumba verb (bend (thin material) over)

Māori

4 entries
  • pori noun (bend or crease)
  • pukoru noun (bend or crease)
  • pūkorukoru noun (bend or crease)
  • rehe noun (bend or crease)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • pêçan verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)
  • qat kirin verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)
  • tewandin verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • çemandin verb (bend (thin material) over)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • bretting noun (act of folding)
  • brette verb (bend (thin material) over)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fold noun (enclosure for domestic animals)

Occitan

1 entries
  • plegar verb (bend (thin material) over)

Old English

1 entries
  • field noun (bend or crease)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰍𐰞 noun (enclosure for domestic animals)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • آغل noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • قات noun (bend or crease)
  • ماندره noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • بوكمك verb (bend (thin material) over)

Persian

1 entries
  • تاه noun (bend or crease)

Polish

3 entries
  • fałda noun (bend or crease)
  • składać verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • złożyć verb (bend (thin material) over)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • dobra noun (correct move in origami)
  • dobra noun (bend or crease)
  • dobradura noun (act of folding)
  • ceder verb (give way on a point or in an argument)

Rapa Nui

2 entries
  • hatuhatu verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • hatuhatu verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)

Romanian

2 entries
  • plia verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • îndoi verb (bend (thin material) over)

Russian

4 entries
  • коша́ра noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • па́ства noun (church or congregation)
  • скла́дка noun (bend or crease)
  • скла́дывание noun (act of folding)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • saviti verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • složiti verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • савити verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • сложити verb (bend (thin material) over)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • chicari verb (bend (thin material) over)

Somali

1 entries
  • laabid verb (bend (thin material) over)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • бӱктеп ийер verb (bend (thin material) over)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aprisco noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • cerca noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • corral noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • cuna noun (home, family)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fålla noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • veck noun (bend or crease)
  • vikning noun (act of folding)
  • böja sig verb (give way on a point or in an argument)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • ʻapi noun (bend or crease)

Telugu

3 entries
  • మడత noun (bend or crease)
  • మడచు verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • మడతపెట్టు verb (bend (thin material) over)

Thai

1 entries
  • พับ verb (bend (thin material) over)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ağıl noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • kat noun (bend or crease)
  • bükmek verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)
  • katlamak verb (bend (thin material) over)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • коша́ра noun (enclosure for domestic animals)
  • скла́дка noun (bend or crease)
  • скла́дка noun ((geology) bending of originally flat planar surfaces)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • gấp verb (bend (thin material) over)
  • gập verb (bend (thin material) over)

Welsh

1 entries
  • plygu verb (bend (thin material) over)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • qat (diq) noun (bend or crease)
  • qatman noun ((geology) bending of originally flat planar surfaces)
  • namnen verb (make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending)
  • pêser kerden verb (bend (thin material) over)

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

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With great effort she managed to fold one more.

Source: tatoeba (27575)

Fold the napkins and put one by each plate.

Source: tatoeba (36287)

Fold the paper in four.

Source: tatoeba (47334)

Fold the paper in the middle.

Source: tatoeba (47336)

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