FOLD

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fold¹ I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. (mai ales to fold up) a îndoi, a împături;

to fold up a newspapsr a împături un ziar (în două sau în patru);

to fold up the screen a strânge paravanul.

2. a încrucişa (mâinile, braţele);

(fig.) to fold one’s arms a şi încrucişa braţele.

3. a strânge, a înlănţui, a îmbrăţişa;

to fold smb. to one’s breast a strânge pe cineva la piept.

4. (text.) a paraleliza.

5. to fold one’s arms about a-şi încolăci braţele pe după / în jurul (cu gen.), a înconjura cu braţele;

to fold down a îndoi colţurile (unei cărţi);

to fold in a înfăşura în; a învălui în;

folded in mist învăluit în ceaţă.

fold¹ I. verb B. intranzitiv

(şi to fold up) a se îndoi, a se împături, a se strânge;

seat that folds up scaun pliant, strapontin.

fold¹ II. s.

1. cută, fald, pliseu.

2. (tehn.) falţ, şanţ.

3. copcă, sponcă, agrafă, cârlig.

4. canat (de uşă).

5. inel, colac, încolăcitură (de şarpe).

6. plural (fig.) cute, ascunzişuri, căi întortocheate; labirint;

the folds and windings of the heart străfundurile sau căile întortocheate ale inimii.

7. (geol.) cută.

fold² I. substantiv

1. ţarc (de oi), stâna.

2. (fig.) comunitate, obşte, enoriaşi, parohie.

fold² II. verb tranzitiv

a băga (oile) într-un ţarc.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“What do you consider me, sir?” asked Mr. Dick, folding his arms.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"What do you think of that?" he asked as he stood back and folded his arms.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

But the strange man who stood before him folded his arms over his breast.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The ears should be small and thin, folded back in the form of a rose.

(Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)

He made no reply, but stood with his arms folded, looking on the ground.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

His arms were folded, one above the other, across his face and throat.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Captain Wentworth was folding up a letter in great haste, and either could not or would not answer fully.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

And may I not, in my turn, said he, as he pushed back the folding doors, ask how you came here?

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

I used to see Father sometimes put his finger on his lips, and look at you with a very kind but sober face, and you always folded your lips tight and went away.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened it out on the table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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