DICTOMETER

PLISSERE (Norwegian for "fold")

(fold, pleat, ruse, wrinkle, hacer pliegues en, plisar, zangamanga)

1. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   • Crease
   • Plication
   • Flexure
   • Crimp
   • Bend
   Definitions:
   • an angular or rounded shape made by folding
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Congregation
   • Fold
   • Faithful
   Definitions:
   • a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   • Folding
   Definitions:
   • a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Flock
   • Fold
   Definitions:
   • a group of sheep or goats
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   • Plica
   Definitions:
   • a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   • Sheepfold
   • Sheep pen
   • Sheepcote
   Definitions:
   • a pen for sheep
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   • Folding
   Definitions:
   • the act of folding
   Examples:
   • He gave the napkins a double fold
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   • Fold up
   • Turn up
   Definitions:
   • bend or lay so that one part covers the other
   Examples:
   • Fold up the newspaper
   • Turn up your collar
   Antonyms:
   unfold, spread, spread out, open
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   Definitions:
   • incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
   Examples:
   • Fold the egg whites into the batter
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Close up
   • Close
   • Fold
   • Shut down
   • Close down
   Definitions:
   • cease to operate or cause to cease operating
   Examples:
   • The owners decided to move and to close the factory
   • My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
   • Close up the shop
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Pen up
   • Fold
   Definitions:
   • confine in a fold, like sheep
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Fold
   • Fold up
   Definitions:
   • become folded or folded up
   Examples:
   • The bed folds in a jiffy