refold
verb
re·fold
(ˌ)rē-ˈfōld 
refolded; refolding
: to fold again
She folded and refolded her Kleenex into smaller and smaller squares.—
Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez… religiously refolding the laundry after the kids have messed up the linen closet …—A. R. Gurney, Jr.
A. R. Gurney, Jr.The waiters refolded their arms. The barman went back to his newspaper.—Roger Garfitt
Roger GarfittResearchers … have figured out a process that can pull apart the tangled proteins, allowing them to refold and return to their original structure.—Robert Ferris
Robert FerrisExamples of refold in a Sentence
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Anfinsen saw that the unfolded or misfolded proteins could spontaneously refold into their correct structures.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
No need to refold or pack it away, and no wrinkles or creases to contend with for the next time.
—L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
Wipe an area, refold the cloth or rotate the sponge, then wipe the next area.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
Rather than just refold each bathroom towel and put it back in the same space, invest in a set of storage bags, the kind that are designed to keep everything extremely neat.
—Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2022
Still others require extensive interactions with specialized enzymes that burn energy in order to force other proteins to refold.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2020
But Bjorn Burmann from Ohio State University has found a bacterial protein that can refold into two radically different shapes, each with very different roles.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2012
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Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
No need to refold or pack it away, and no wrinkles or creases to contend with for the next time.
—L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
Wipe an area, refold the cloth or rotate the sponge, then wipe the next area.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
Rather than just refold each bathroom towel and put it back in the same space, invest in a set of storage bags, the kind that are designed to keep everything extremely neat.
—Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2022
Still others require extensive interactions with specialized enzymes that burn energy in order to force other proteins to refold.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2020
But Bjorn Burmann from Ohio State University has found a bacterial protein that can refold into two radically different shapes, each with very different roles.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2012
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“Refold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refold. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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