fold up

Questions about fold up

What does fold up mean?

fold up means "bend or lay so that one part covers the other". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fold up?

Close synonyms include fold, turn up, fold. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fold up a common word?

fold up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.