upfoldn.

Etymology: up- prefix 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈupfold.

Geology.

= anticline n.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > fold or dip > [noun] > anticline

anticlinal1849

anticline1861

upfold1902

pericline1915

1902 H. J. Mackinder Britain & Brit. Seas vi. 80 The Mendip Range..is a complete upfold of carboniferous limestone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

upfoldv.

Etymology: up- prefix 3a. Compare Low German upfolden, German auffalten.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈfold.

transitive. To fold up, fold together; †to raise, push up.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > push up

upfolda1460

the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)]

foldc888

lapa1300

plya1393

turna1400

doublec1430

plaitc1430

overfold?1440

plet?a1500

flipe1530

upfold1600

enfold1605

plicate1654

tuck1835–6

a1460 Lament. Virgin in Chester Plays (1847) II. 206 The ston owyr hym he can upfolde,..And wente hys wey wherso he wolde.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvi. xiv. 283 The gentlie budding rose..her beauties doth vpfold In their deare leaues.

1878 E. Jones Sens. & Event (1879) 200 Come o'er the hills, and pass unto the wold, And all things, as thou passest, in rest upfold.

Derivatives

upˈfolded adj.

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > folded up or rolled up

upfoldenc1400

rolled?c1425

uprolled1592

rolled-up1683

upfurled1818

upfolded1822

unevolved1831

telescoped1852

concertinaed1880

1822 J. Wilson Lights & Shadows Sc. Life 342 The leaves yet upfolded might almost be heard budding in the bower.

† upˈfolden adj. Obsolete

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