fold: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
1 part of sth folded
ADJECTIVE
▪ loose, soft
▪ deep, heavy
▪ neat
▪ vertical
VERB + FOLD
▪ be hidden behind, be hidden by, be hidden in
▪ The troops were hidden by the deep folds of the ground.
▪ fall in folds, hang in folds
▪ The fabric fell in soft folds.
▪ the heavy folds of his cloak
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the fold
▪ She hid the note in a fold in her robe.
▪ fold in
PHRASES
▪ folds of flesh, folds of skin
▪ the loose folds of flesh under her chin
2 the fold group of people who feel they belong
ADJECTIVE
▪ international (BrE)
VERB + THE FOLD
▪ join
▪ leave
▪ come back into, come back to, return to
▪ be back in
▪ The country is now firmly back in the international fold.
▪ bring sb (back) into, bring sb (back) to
▪ The indigenous people were brought into the Catholic fold.
▪ welcome sb (back) into, welcome sb (back) to
▪ His father finally accepted him back into the family fold.
PREPOSITION
▪ within a/the fold
▪ opposing viewpoints within the international fold
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully, neatly
▪ He carefully folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope.
▪ gently
▪ Her hands lay gently folded in her lap.
▪ loosely, tightly
▪ in half, in two
▪ She folded the piece of paper in half.
▪ back, down, over
▪ up
▪ I folded up the clothes and put them away.
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪ She folded the clothes into a neat bundle.
Fold is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑clothes, ↑hand, ↑laundry, ↑map, ↑napkin, ↑paper, ↑pushchair, ↑sheet, ↑tent, ↑umbrella, ↑wing