If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.
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Folds
//foʊldz//
Synonyms for "folds" (335 found)
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collapsecollopcompleteconcaveconcavityconcedeconfineconstrictcontaincontainercontractcoopcorrugationcourtcourtyardcovercoveringcrap outcrashcrater
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The bed folds into the wall.
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Salazar folds paper versions of endangered species and donates them to benefit wildlife conservancies.
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"Hey, Mary! Remember when I was so fat that I would drop food into my fat folds and it would begin to rot a few days later?" said Tom into the phone from the hospital gurney.
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