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fold


These are words and phrases related to fold. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fold.

TO STOP OPERATING PERMANENTLY


Most small businesses fold within a year.

Synonyms and examples


close down
With sales down, the company closed one factory down and reduced the workforce at another.
close
Many of the shops in the High Street have closed recently.
shut down
The bookshop is shutting down after 25 years of business.
shut
UK
Several of the bank's local branches are shutting.
shut up shop
UK
The seaside businesses all shut up shop during the winter.
go/put out of business
My favourite ice cream shop went out of business last summer.
shutter
The company threatened to shutter the plant and leave its 3,000 employees without work.
fail
All his previous start-ups have failed.
go under
informal
If the work stoppage continues, the company might just go under.
go bust
All the businesses on the street went bust during the recession.
collapse
The bank collapsed without warning, with devastating consequences for the economy.
liquidate
The only way forward is for the company to be liquidated.
go into liquidation
The company has gone into liquidation.
wind up
The court will require them to wind up the company and pay off their creditors.
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See words related to fold


snap shut
click shut
slam
seal
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Close means to change from being open to not being open, or cause something to change from open to not being open. When a business closes it stops operating permanently.

fold | American Thesaurus


fold


verb
These are words and phrases related to fold. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fold.
Fold the napkins and put one by each plate.

Synonyms


double
crease
pleat
corrugate
lap
gather
tuck
dog-ear
pucker
wrinkle
rumple
crumple
crinkle
crimp
curl

Antonyms


unfold
unwrap
uncover
expose
exhibit
disclose
reveal
Fold the scarf in some tissue paper.

Synonyms


wrap
wrap up
envelop
enfold
encase

Antonyms


unfold
unwrap
uncover
expose
exhibit
disclose
reveal
She folded the child in her arms.

Synonyms


embrace
embosom
clasp
enfold
entwine
hug

fold


noun
The poison capsule was concealed in a fold of her dress.

Synonyms


gather
tuck
pleat
layer
crimp
crinkle
pucker
ruffle
flounce
furrow
overlap
The map has begun to split along the fold.

Synonyms


crease
folding
doubling
bend
How many sheep are kept in each fold?.

Synonyms


pen
enclosure
corral
close
yard
sty
barnyard
stockade
compound
The preacher said that one of the brothers had strayed from the fold.

Synonyms


religious life
straight and narrow
the church
congregation
flock
parish
sect
group
community
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