| 单词 | fold |
| 释义 | fold (once / 104 pages) 1vn 2nv 3v 4v To fold is to crease or bend something over so it covers part of itself. Before you put your clean sheets and towels away in the closet, you should probably fold them. Some people drop their clothes on the floor at the end of the day, while others neatly fold theirs. You can call the crease in a folded piece of paper or pillow case a fold too. There are several ways to fold, including to gently mix ingredients, incorporating them without stirring; and to drop out of a poker hand, laying your cards down on the table. WORD FAMILYfold: enfold, foldable, folded, folder, folding, folds, unfold+/enfold: enfolded, enfolding, enfolds/enfolding: enfoldings/folder: folders/folding: foldings, infolding/infolding: infoldings/unfold: unfolded, unfolding, unfolds/unfolding: unfoldings USAGE EXAMPLES“It’s like being above the fold in a newspaper,” she said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Light and shadow are deftly conveyed, as are the folds of voluminous costumes. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Rogers said his favorite part is folding the sheets, and “really likes” his job. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v bend or lay so that one part covers the other fold up the newspaper Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fold up, turn up open, spread, spread out, unfold spread out or open from a closed or folded state pleat, plicate fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" crease, furrow, wrinklemake wrinkled or creased crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinklemake wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in corrugatefold into ridges pleat, rufflepleat or gather into a ruffle tuckmake a tuck or several folds in crimp, pinchmake ridges into by pinching together crossfold so as to resemble a cross collapsefold or close up cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumpleto gather something into small wrinkles or folds pucker, ruck, ruck upbecome wrinkled or drawn together deflatecollapse by releasing contained air or gas fluteform flutes in concertinacollapse like a concertina change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface 2v become folded or folded up The bed folds in a jiffy Syn|Hypo|Hyper fold up crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle become wrinkled or crumpled or creased change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 3n the act of folding he gave the napkins a double fold Syn|Hypo|Hyper folding pleating, plication the act of folding in parallel folds change of shape an action that changes the shape of something 4n an angular or rounded shape made by folding a fold in the napkin Syn|Hypo|Hyper bend, crease, crimp, flexure, plication plait, pleat any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape kink, twirl, twista sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight pucker, ruckan irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) box pleata flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it inverted pleata box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward kick pleatpleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking knife pleata single pleat turned in one direction tucka narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place angular shape, angularity a shape having one or more sharp angles 5n a folded part (as in skin or muscle) Syn|Hypo|Hyper plica epicanthic fold, epicanthus a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome plica vocalis, vocal band, vocal cord, vocal foldeither of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx ruga(anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease tentorium(anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum false vocal cord, false vocal fold, superior vocal cord, ventricular fold, vestibular foldeither of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization inferior vocal cord, inferior vocal fold, true vocal cord, true vocal foldeither of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing 6n a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock 2Syn|Hyper folding geologic process, geological process (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified 1n a pen for sheep Syn|Hyper sheep pen, sheepcote, sheepfold pen an enclosure for confining livestock 2n a group of sheep or goats Syn|Hyper flock animal group a group of animals 3n a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church Syn|Hypo|Hyper congregation, faithful flock a church congregation guided by a pastor social group people sharing some social relation 4v confine in a fold, like sheep 3Syn|Hyper pen up confine, hold, restrain to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement v cease to operate or cause to cease operating 4Syn|Ant|Hypo close, close down, close up, shut down open, open up start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning adjourn, retire, withdraw break from a meeting or gathering prorogueadjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body v incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating Fold the egg whites into the batter Hyper incorporate, integrate make into a whole or make part of a whole |
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