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Fold Up (Verb)

Meaning 1

Bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • Fold up the laundry and put it away in your dresser drawers.
  • The map was too big to carry, so I tried to fold it up to make it smaller.
  • She made her Origami bird by carefully folding up the paper in precise creases.
  • You should fold up your sleeves to watch your hands while cooking dinner.
  • Fold up the umbrella when you get inside to prevent drips on the floor.

Synonyms

  • Fold
  • Turn Up

Hypernyms

  • Change Surface

Hyponyms

  • Cross
  • Crinkle
  • Crisp
  • Scrunch Up
  • Collapse
  • Corrugate
  • Pleat
  • Tuck
  • Crease
  • Wrinkle
  • Furrow
  • Scrunch
  • Crimp
  • Ruffle

Meaning 2

Become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Fold

Hypernyms

  • Change

Hyponyms

  • Wrinkle
  • Crease
  • Rumple
  • Crinkle
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