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单词 fold
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foldverb

uk/fəʊld/us/foʊld/

fold verb (BEND)

B1 [ I or T ] to bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part of it lies on the other part, or to be able to be bent in this way:

I folded the letter (in half) and put it in an envelope.
He had a neatly folded handkerchief in his jacket pocket.
Will you help me to fold (up) the sheets?
The table folds up when not in use.

[ T ] literary to wrap:

She folded her baby in a blanket.
He folded his arms around her.
fold your arms

to bring your arms close to your chest and hold them together

[ T ] to move a part of your body into a position where it is close to your body:

She sat with her legs folded under her.

More examples

  • Just fold this piece of paper back, so, and make a crease here.
  • With a sorrowful sigh she folded the letter and put it away.
  • The back seat of the car folds down.
  • The photographer asked me to fold my arms.
  • Fold the top of the carton back, and tear along the dotted line.

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Making things more or less smooth or straight

  • bunch
  • bunch (sth) up
  • coarsen
  • collapse
  • creased
  • crinkle
  • crumple
  • furl
  • pucker
  • pumice stone
  • roll sth up
  • roughen
  • sand
  • screw
  • sleek
  • sleek back/down
  • smooth
  • steady
  • straighten
  • wrinkle

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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing

fold verb (FAIL)

[ I ] (of a business) to close because of failure:

Many small businesses fold within the first year.

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Success & failure in business

  • administration
  • axe
  • bankrupt
  • bankruptcy
  • branch
  • branch out
  • collapse
  • dying
  • establish
  • foreclose
  • growing pains
  • joint venture
  • liquidator
  • locate
  • moribund
  • official receiver
  • organic growth
  • receivership
  • shut (sth) down
  • spin

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Phrasal verb(s)

fold sth in/fold sth into something

foldnoun [ C ]

uk/fəʊld/us/foʊld/

fold noun [ C ] (BEND)

a line or mark where paper, cloth, etc. was or is folded:

Make a fold across the centre of the card.

specialized geology a bend in a layer of rock under the earth's surface caused by movement there

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Style & appearance of clothes

  • backless
  • baggy
  • bespoke
  • black tie
  • bootcut
  • half-sleeve
  • hang
  • ill-fitting
  • knitted
  • low-cut
  • preppy
  • ruck
  • S, s
  • scantily
  • scoop-neck
  • sequin
  • skintight
  • tweedy
  • white-tie
  • wraparound

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Making things more or less smooth or straight
Geology - general words

fold noun [ C ] (SHELTER)

a small area of a field surrounded by a fence where sheep can be put for shelter for the night

the fold

your home or an organization where you feel you belong:

Her children are all away at college now, but they always return to the fold during the holidays.

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Animal Dwellings - man-made

  • apiary
  • aquarium
  • aviary
  • birdcage
  • birdhouse
  • cage
  • doghouse
  • dovecote
  • fish tank
  • fishbowl
  • goldfish bowl
  • hive
  • nesting box
  • pigeon loft
  • pigpen
  • pigsty
  • sanctuary
  • stabling
  • stall
  • sty

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Idiom(s)

above/below the fold

-foldsuffix

uk/ -fəʊld/us/ -foʊld/

having the stated number of parts, or multiplied by the stated number:

threefold
fourfold
The problems are twofold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political.
In the last 50 years, there has been a 33-fold increase in the amount of pesticide used in farming.

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Terms for numbers

  • additive inverse
  • aliquot
  • common denominator
  • common factor
  • common multiple
  • cos
  • exponent
  • fivefold
  • fortyfold
  • fourfold
  • GCF
  • hundredfold
  • odd
  • recurring number
  • remainder
  • resultant
  • root
  • sevenfold
  • seventyfold
  • weighting

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