FOLD


Meaning of FOLD in English

I.

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 ~s of the ground.

▪ fall in ~s , hang in ~s

The fabric fell in soft ~s.

the heavy ~s of his cloak

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

She hid the note in a ~ in her robe.

▪ ~ in

a ~ in the land

PHRASES

▪ ~s of flesh , ~s of skin

the loose ~s 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 ~.

▪ bring sb (back) into , bring sb (back) to

The indigenous people were brought into the Catholic ~.

▪ welcome sb (back) into , welcome sb (back) to

His father finally accepted him back into the family ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ within a/the ~

opposing viewpoints within the international ~

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully , neatly

He carefully ~ed the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope.

▪ gently

Her hands lay gently ~ed in her lap.

▪ loosely , tightly

▪ in half , in two

She ~ed the piece of paper in half.

▪ back , down , over

▪ up

I ~ed up the clothes and put them away.

PREPOSITION

▪ into

She ~ed 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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .