overfold

1 of 2

transitive verb

: to fold over

specifically : to push over so as to form an overturned anticline

overfold

2 of 2

noun

1

: an overturned anticline

2

: a sigmoid fold comprising an overturned anticline and a syncline

Word History

Etymology

Transitive verb and Noun

Middle English overfolden to fold over, from over entry 1 + folden to fold

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