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Array and Fold

noun

  • An orderly arrangement.
    • usage: "an array of troops in battle order"
  • An impressive display.
    • usage: "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
  • Especially fine or decorative clothing.
  • An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.

verb

  • Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
    • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.

noun

  • An angular or rounded shape made by folding.
    • usage: "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"
  • A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church.
  • A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock.
  • A group of sheep or goats.
  • A folded part (as in skin or muscle.
  • A pen for sheep.
  • The act of folding.
    • usage: "he gave the napkins a double fold"

verb

  • Bend or lay so that one part covers the other.
    • usage: "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
  • Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating.
    • usage: "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
  • Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.
    • usage: "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P. M."; "close up the shop"
  • Confine in a fold, like sheep.
  • Become folded or folded up.
    • usage: "The bed folds in a jiffy"