fold

Signification (Anglais)

1. To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
2. To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
3. To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
4. To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
5. To become folded; to form folds.
6. (informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
7. To give way on a point or in an argument.
8. To withdraw from betting.
9. To withdraw or quit in general.
10. To fail, to collapse, to disband.
11. Of a company, to cease to trade.
12. To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.
13. (obsolete) To plait or mat (hair) together.
14. To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
15. To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
16. To cover up, to conceal.
17. (obsolete) To ensnare, to capture.

plier

pli

se coucher

se plier

troupeau

fronce

pan

parc à mouton

parc à moutons

parquer

🖊️

plier bagage

s’écrouler

s’effondrer

rassembler en paquet

plissement du terrain

s'écraser

sein de l’Église

fold down the edge

fold the border

fold the edge of cloth

sheep pen

make better

mix in

piece of string

cattle-pen

come to a stop

come to nothing

double over

fold back

fold over

go bust

make a fist

narrow opening

pull the plug

throw together

obligatory contribution

-fold

pick flowers

make tense

tie up in a bundle

something done by convention

foldover

pinfold

twist together

sheep-cote

gather a fabric in folds

bend something over

click off

rimple

kink mark

transition knuckle

edge fold

straight flange

make something curved

persuade or bend

get wrinkles

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfəʊld/

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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