fold
Signification
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- To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
- To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
- To become folded; to form folds.
- (informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
- To give way on a point or in an argument.
- To withdraw from betting.
- To withdraw or quit in general.
- To fail, to collapse, to disband.
- Of a company, to cease to trade.
- To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.
- (obsolete) To plait or mat (hair) together.
- To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
- To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
- To cover up, to conceal.
- (obsolete) To ensnare, to capture.
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈfəʊld/
Étymologie
The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). The noun is from Middle English folde,falde, itself derived from the verb.
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