| Main Entry: | bust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, impoverish |
Synonyms: |
become insolvent, break, crash, fail, fold up, go bankrupt, go into Chapter 11, pauperize |
Antonyms: |
aid, help |
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose money |
Synonyms: |
be cleaned out, be in arrears, be ruined, be taken to the cleaners, become insolvent, break, close, close down, close one's doors, crash, defalcate, default, dishonor, drop, drop a bundle, end, finish, fold, go bankrupt, go belly up, go broke, go bust, go into chapter 11, go out of business, go to the wall, go under, go up, lose big, lose one's shirt, overdraw, repudiate, terminate |
Antonyms: |
earn, gain, obtain, win |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, close |
Synonyms: |
be ruined, become insolvent, break, bust, collapse, crash, crumple, give, go bankrupt, go bust, go into Chapter 11, go under, impoverish, pauper, pauperize, shut down, yield |
Antonyms: |
achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
accordion, biplicate, contorpuplicate, corrugated, crimped, folded, invaginated, pleached, plicate, retrorse
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| Concept: | Fold. |
| Category: | 3. Superficial form |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
fold, plicature, plait, ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication; accordion pleat.
-verbs
fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple, rumple, frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck, hem, gather.
-adjectives
folded, fluted, pleated.
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