fold
Signification (Anglais)
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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.
Concepts
plier
pli
courber
pliure
repli
parc
bercail
pliage
bergerie
fronce
enclos
parquer
parc à mouton
se plier
casser
rompre
administrer
contrôler
croiser
diriger
gouverner
rassembler en paquet
plissement du terrain
plisser
arranger
enrouler
envelopper
pan
ride
fermer
fréquenter
troupeau
fidèle
sein de l’Église
parc à moutons
plier bagage
s’effondrer
s’écrouler
concéder
laisser tomber
replier
s'écraser
se coucher
incorporer
congrégation
Synonymes
bend
crease
pleat
wrinkle
fold up
pen
plait
tuck
double
folding
hem
ply
wrap
pucker
close
crumple
plica
roll
roll up
break
flexure
crimp
curve
shut down
close up
collapse
fail
cross
sheepcote
turn up
close down
sheepfold
flock
congregation
faithful
plication
corrugation
coil
enclosure
lap
ruffle
stack up
flex
wrap up
bind
enclose
layer
fold down the edge
fold the border
fold the edge of cloth
crinkle
clasp
thickness
twist
cote
pen up
sheep pen
line
doubling
furl
yard
arrange
corral
overlap
ruga
folded
drape
break up
mix
bundle
enfold
pack
come to a stop
peter out
contract
double up
draw in
flake
edge
fee
imposition
obligatory contribution
tax
henchman
member
lineage
pedigree
pick flowers
administer
control
govern
manage
tie up in a bundle
manner
something done by convention
come to nothing
founder
go down
gather a fabric in folds
narrow opening
go bust
overlay
-fold
furrow
collapsible
leaf
sheep-cote
winding
sinuosity
falter
wind
embrace
swathe
envelop
cover
recess
twine
mark
trace
twist together
bend over
fold over
pile
correct
cure
decorate
fix
improve
make better
make good
repair
tie up
double over
division
group
herd
portion
type
degree
diploma
pound
rimple
ruck
surah
discount
foldover
jointing
kink mark
edge fold
flanging
straight flange
transition knuckle
gauffer
gofer
rugosity
accident
wave
make tense
strain
flap
fold back
turn back
bend something over
return
fencing
pinfold
pit
brood
abolish
abrogate
call it quits
cease
cheese
click off
close out
cut off
discontinue
dispatch
end
finish
kick
knock off
leave off
pull the plug
put away
put down
quit
sign off
snuff out
stop
terminate
flute
sulcus
rile
addle
adulterate
agitate
blend
clutter
commingle
commix
compound
concoct
confect
confuse
derange
disorganize
disarray
disarrange
disrupt
dissolve
flummox
fox
fuddle
heterodyne
immingle
immix
intermix
jumble
meld
mingle
mix in
mix up
motley
obfuscate
obscure
paddle
randomise
ravel
resolve
rumple
scramble
snarl
sophisticate
stir
stir up
stump
tangle
throw together
toss
tussle
upset
break off
turn
fence
turn down
pleats
accordion pleats
bow
bully
compel
conjugate
decline
induce
inflect
persuade
make something curved
persuade or bend
time
ridge
paddock
get wrinkles
sty
dart
crook
plead
enclasp
plications
buckle
wrinkles
obstinate
stubborn
mould
cattle-pen
stable
cowshed
join
knot
make a fist
piece of string
times
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈfəʊld/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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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