| Main Entry: | overlap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie over something else |
Synonyms: |
extend along, flap, fold over, go beyond, imbricate, lap over, overhang, overlay, overlie, overrun, project, protrude, ride, run over, shingle |
Antonyms: |
divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | overlapping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coinciding |
Synonyms: |
coincidental, extending, overlying, projecting, protruding, super-imposed |
| Main Entry: | overlapping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | covering and coinciding |
Synonyms: |
imbricated, jugate, lapstrake, obvolute, obvoluted |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay in creases |
Synonyms: |
bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, dog-ear, double, double over, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, knit, lap, overlap, overlay, plait, pleat, plicate, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, ruche, ruck, ruffle, telescope, tuck, turn under, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
flatten, leave, unbend |
| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk falteringly |
Synonyms: |
alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, titubate, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, whiffle, wobble, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | stretch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, elongate |
Synonyms: |
amplify, branch out, bridge, burst forth, cover, crane, develop, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, expand, fill, go, grow, inflate, lengthen, lie out, magnify, make, make taut, make tense, open, overlap, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull out, pyramid, rack, range, reach, recline, repose, run, shoot up, span, spin out, spread, spread out, spring up, strain, string out, swell, tauten, tighten, unfold, unroll, widen |
Antonyms: |
compress, concentrate |
| Main Entry: | overreach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread over |
Synonyms: |
cover, encroach on, encroach upon, overlap, overlay |
| Main Entry: | superimpose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay over something else |
Synonyms: |
cover, overlap |
| 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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