folded
past simple and past participle offold
| 单词 | folded |
| 释义 | folded past simple and past participle offold fold verb uk/fəʊld/us/foʊld/foldverb(BEND)B1[IorT] tobendsomething,especiallypaperorcloth, so that onepartof itlieson the otherpart, or to beableto bebentin this way: I folded theletter(inhalf)and put it in anenvelope. He had aneatlyfoldedhandkerchiefin hisjacketpocket. Will youhelpme to fold (up) thesheets? Thetablefolds up when not in use. [T]literary towrap: She folded herbabyinablanket. He folded hisarmsaroundher. fold your arms tobringyourarmsclosetoyourchestandholdthem together [T] tomoveapartofyourbodyinto apositionwhere it isclosetoyourbody: Shesatwith herlegsfoldedunderher.
Making things more or less smooth or straight
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Enclosing, surrounding and immersing foldverb(FAIL)[I] (of abusiness) toclosebecause offailure: Manysmallbusinessesfold within the firstyear. to stop operating permanently
Success & failure in business
Phrasal verbfoldsomethingin/foldsomethinginto something Examplesoffoldedfolded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These represent the directions of lines of zero normal curvature (kn = 0) within thefoldedsurface. From theCambridge English Corpus This assists folding since most helices in thefoldedstate tend to be aligned. From theCambridge English Corpus All of it could go into one's breast pocket whenfoldedneatly. From theCambridge English Corpus Within the nucleus, the chromatin appears as coarse strands and closely-packed lamellae and the nuclear envelope is thickened and irregularlyfolded. From theCambridge English Corpus These two properties conspire to make nucleic acids relatively flexible and less likely to form extensivefoldedstructures. From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, it was divided into 15 sections, eachfoldedinto six panels. From theCambridge English Corpus Numerous local newspapers alsofoldedwithin a few years of establishment. From theCambridge English Corpus On request, the collected constraints on a par t can befoldedinto queries that retrieve candidates. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, the number of define steps is finite as all re-occurring expressions will befolded. From theCambridge English Corpus This has led to the design of a mutant that isfoldedand functional even in the absence of the carbohydrate. From theCambridge English Corpus We also showed when thefoldedquery yields all or only some of the answers of the original query. From theCambridge English Corpus Prior to acquisition of desiccation tolerance, seeds produced seedlings with either shortened radicle tips, unexpanded hypocotyls orfoldedcotyledons. From theCambridge English Corpus Her eyes fell on the old man, who, with his handsfolded, quietly looked on. From theCambridge English Corpus The unstable or partiallyfoldedmutant protein does not undergo trafficking and is usually rapidly degraded. From theCambridge English Corpus The success of looselyfoldedpaper has one simple explanation; the greater surface area of paper immediately available for gnawing. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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