Fold vs. Bend
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;
Bendverb
(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
Bendverb
(intransitive) To become curved.
Bendverb
(transitive) To cause to change direction.
Bendverb
(intransitive) To change direction.
Bendverb
(intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
Bendverb
To stoop.
Bendverb
(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
Bendverb
(transitive) To force to submit.
Bendverb
(intransitive) To submit.
Bendverb
(transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
Bendverb
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
Bendverb
(transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
Bendverb
To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
Bendverb
To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
Bendverb
To swing the body when rowing.
Bendnoun
A curve.
Bendnoun
Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
Bendnoun
A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
Bendnoun
(heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
Bendnoun
(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
Bendnoun
In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
Bendnoun
(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
Bendnoun
The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
Bendnoun
The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
Bendnoun
(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
Bendverb
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
Bendverb
To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Bendverb
To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
Bendverb
To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
Bendverb
To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
Bendverb
To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Bendverb
To jut over; to overhang.
Bendverb
To be inclined; to be directed.
Bendverb
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
Bendnoun
A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
Bendnoun
Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
Bendnoun
A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
Bendnoun
The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
Bendnoun
Hard, indurated clay; bind.
Bendnoun
same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
Bendnoun
A band.
Bendnoun
One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
Bendnoun
a circular segment of a curve;
Bendnoun
movement that causes the formation of a curve
Bendnoun
curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
Bendnoun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding;
Bendnoun
a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
Bendnoun
diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
Bendverb
form a curve;
Bendverb
change direction;
Bendverb
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
Bendverb
bend one's back forward from the waist on down;
Bendverb
turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
Bendverb
bend a joint;
