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{
"term": "fold",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "fold",
"heSheIt": "folds"
},
"pastSimple": "folded",
"pastParticiple": "folded",
"ingForm": "folding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part lies on top of another part",
"sensetop": "fold somethingfold something upfold something downfold something backfold something over",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "First, **fold** the paper **in half/in two**.",
"contextForm": "fold something"
},
{
"text": "The bird folded its wings."
},
{
"text": "a pile of neatly folded clothes"
},
{
"text": "He folded the map up and put it in his pocket.",
"contextForm": "fold something up"
},
{
"text": "The blankets had been folded down.",
"contextForm": "fold something down"
},
{
"text": "Don't fold back pages to mark your place in a book.",
"contextForm": "fold something back"
},
{
"text": "Fold the dough over on top of itself.",
"contextForm": "fold something over"
},
{
"text": "He carefully folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope."
},
{
"text": "I folded up the clothes and put them away."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "neatly", "gently"],
"preposition": ["into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to bend something so that it becomes smaller or flatter and can be stored or carried more easily; to bend or be able to bend in this way",
"sensetop": "fold something awayfold something downfold something upfold upfold awayfold downfold out+ adj.",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bed can be folded away during the day.",
"contextForm": "fold something away"
},
{
"text": "The central back seat can be folded down to provide a useful tray.",
"contextForm": "fold something down"
},
{
"text": "She folds up the wheelchair and stows it in the trunk.",
"contextForm": "fold something up"
},
{
"text": "The table folds up when not in use.",
"contextForm": "fold up"
},
{
"text": "The table folds away when not in use.",
"contextForm": "fold away"
},
{
"text": "a TV screen that folds down from the ceiling",
"contextForm": "fold down"
},
{
"text": "The settee folds out into a comfortable bed.",
"contextForm": "fold out"
},
{
"text": "The ironing board folds flat for easy storage.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "When she heard the news, her legs just folded under her *(= she fell)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to wrap something around somebody/something",
"sensetop": "fold A in Bfold B around/round/over A",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gently folded the baby in a blanket.",
"contextForm": "fold A in B"
},
{
"text": "She folded a blanket around the baby.",
"contextForm": "fold B around/round/over A"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to close because it is not successful",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new musical folded after only twenty performances."
},
{
"text": "Her fan club has folded."
},
{
"text": "His business folded when his partner left."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to put one of your arms over the other one and hold them against your body",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He stood watching her with his arms folded across his chest."
},
{
"text": "She folded her arms and stared at him."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to bring or hold your hands together",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She kept her hands folded in her lap."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to put your arms around somebody and hold them against your body",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fəʊld/",
"audio": "fo/fold/fold__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fəʊldz/",
"audio": "fo/fold/folds__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪd/",
"audio": "fo/fold/folded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/",
"audio": "fo/fold/folding__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fəʊld/",
"audio": "fo/fold/fold__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fəʊldz/",
"audio": "fo/fold/folds__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪd/",
"audio": "fo/fold/folded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/",
"audio": "fo/fold/folding__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb Old English falden, fealden, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vouwen and German falten."
}