Crease vs. Fold
Creasenoun
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
Creasenoun
(cricket) One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
Creasenoun
(lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.
Creasenoun
The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.
Creasenoun
A crack.
Creaseverb
(transitive) To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
Creaseverb
(intransitive) To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.
Creaseverb
(transitive) To lightly bloody; to graze.
Creaseverb
archaic form of kris
Creasenoun
See Creese.
Creasenoun
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
Creasenoun
One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
Creasenoun
The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; - called also goal crease.
Creaseverb
To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
Creasenoun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;
Creasenoun
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
Creasenoun
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
Creaseverb
make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;
Creaseverb
make wrinkled or creased;
Creaseverb
scrape gently;
Creaseverb
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;
Foldverb
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
Foldverb
(transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
Foldverb
(intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
Foldverb
To fall over; to be crushed.
Foldverb
(transitive) To enclose within folded arms (see also enfold).
Foldverb
(intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
Foldverb
To withdraw from betting.
Foldverb
To withdraw or quit in general.
Foldverb
To stir gently, with a folding action.
Foldverb
Of a company, to cease to trade.
Foldverb
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands.
Foldverb
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Foldverb
To confine animals in a fold.
Foldnoun
An act of folding.
Foldnoun
A bend or crease.
Foldnoun
Any correct move in origami.
Foldnoun
(newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
Foldnoun
The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
Foldnoun
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops; embrace.
Foldnoun
(geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
Foldnoun
In functional programming, any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
Foldnoun
A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
Foldnoun
(collective) A group of sheep or goats.
Foldnoun
(figuratively) Home, family.
Foldnoun
A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
Foldnoun
A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
Foldnoun
(obsolete) A boundary or limit.
Foldnoun
The Earth; earth; land, country.
Foldverb
To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
Foldverb
To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
Foldverb
To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
Foldverb
To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
Foldverb
To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
Foldverb
To confine in a fold, as sheep.
Foldverb
To confine sheep in a fold.
Foldnoun
A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
Foldnoun
Times or repetitions; - used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
Foldnoun
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
Foldnoun
An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
Foldnoun
A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
Foldnoun
A boundary; a limit.
Foldnoun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;
Foldnoun
a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Foldnoun
a folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)
Foldnoun
a pen for sheep
Foldnoun
the act of folding;
Foldverb
bend or lay so that one part covers the other;
Foldverb
intertwine;
Foldverb
incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating;
Foldverb
cease to operate or cause to cease operating;
Foldverb
confine in a fold, like sheep
Foldverb
become folded or folded up;
