fold

I 1. fould verb

1) (to double over (material, paper etc): She folded the paper in half.) brette, legge sammen, folde, false

2) (to lay one on top of another: She folded her hands in her lap.) legge (hendene) oppå hverandre, folde (hendene) i bønn

3) (to bring in (wings) close to the body: The bird folded its wings.) slå (vingene) sammen

2. noun

1) (a doubling of one layer of material, paper etc over another: Her dress hung in folds.) brett, fold

2) (a mark made especially on paper etc by doing this; a crease: There was a fold in the page.) brett, fold

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- folded

- folder
- folding II fould noun

(a place surrounded by a fence or wall, in which sheep are kept: a sheep fold.) kve, innhegning

brette

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fold

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folde

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lukke

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slutte

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stenge

I

subst. \/fəʊld\/

1) kve, innhegning

2) flokk

3) (overført) flokk, menighet

return to the fold (også overført) være tilbake i flokken, komme hjem til sine egne

II

subst. \/fəʊld\/

1) fold, lag, rynke

• the dress hung in loose folds

kjolen hang i løse folder

• wrap something in folds of cloth

pakke noe inn i mange lag tøy

2) brettekant

3) (papir)brett

4) (om dal) sving, buktning, krok

5) (i fjell) senkning

6) foldet gjenstand, foldedør

7) (geologi) fold

8) (teknikk) fals

III

verb \/fəʊld\/

sette i kve

• the farmer folded the cattle

bonden satte krøtteret i kvea

IV

verb \/fəʊld\/

1) brette (sammen), folde (sammen)

2) slå sammen, klappe sammen

• he stood there with folded arms

han stod der med korslagte armer

• the bird folded its wings

fuglen slo sammen vingene sine

3) kunne brettes, kunne foldes

4) kunne klappes sammen, kunne slås sammen

• the chair folds flat

stolen kan slås helt sammen

5) pakke inn, innhylle, svøpe

• I see hills folded in mist

jeg ser åser innhyllet i tåke

6) ta (i armene)

• she folded him in her arms

hun tok ham i armene sine

7) (hverdagslig, om organisasjon eller foretagende) gå dukken

8) (om teaterstykke) tas av plakaten

9) (i poker) kaste seg

10) (teknikk) false

11) (hverdagslig) gi seg, gi etter, slutte

fold back bøye (inn)

• fold back a leaf (in a book)

brette inn hjørnet på en side (i en bok)

fold in(to) (matlaging) vende inn, røre inn, blande forsiktig inn

• fold in the egg-whites

• fold the egg-whites into the mixture

vend eggehvitene inn i røren

fold one's arm about\/around legge armen rundt, slå armen rundt

fold one's arms legge armene i kors

fold one's hands folde hendene

fold someone in one's arms legge armene rundt noen, ta noen i armene sine

fold someone to one's heart trykke noen til sitt bryst

fold up klappe sammen, slå sammen

• he folded up at the sight of them

han klappet sammen da han så dem

(om mennesker) klappe sammen, falle sammen, bryte sammen

• he folded up at the sight of them

han falt sammen da han så dem

(overført) gå dukken, stenge, slutte

• the business folded up

firmaet gikk dukken

(hverdagslig) kunne foldes sammen, kunne legges sammen