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# fold

«fold» in Mova's school dictionary: **to bend paper or cloth so one part lies over another** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (fold, folds, folded, folding); noun (a fold, folds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To fold is to bend paper or cloth so one part lies over another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#m1)

2) To fold your arms is to cross them over your chest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#m2)

3) A fold is a line or crease made by folding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#m3)

4) A fold is also a pen for sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#m4)

5) To fold can mean a business closes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#m5)

6) Fold can be added to a number to mean that many times over, as in twofold, which means double. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

folding paper in half again and again doubles the layers and halves the size; in maths: a fold line can be a line of symmetry; in art: origami is folding paper into shapes; in everyday life: folding clothes, a folding chair; phrases: «fold in half», «fold up», «fold your arms», «-fold» (threefold = 3 times)

### examples

- Fold the paper in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x1)
- She folds 20 shirts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x2)
- After 3 folds there are 8 layers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x3)
- Fold the square into 4 equal parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x4)
- Fold the paper along the line of symmetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x5)
- We folded paper cranes in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x6)
- He folded his arms and frowned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x7)
- Please fold your clothes and put them away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x8)
- The shepherd brought the sheep back to the fold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x9)
- Planudes has been exposed to a two-fold accusation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/#x10)

### note

Each fold in half doubles the layers: 2, 4, 8 … Trap: it is not adding 2 each time. A fold line that makes two matching halves is a line of symmetry. «Twofold», «threefold» mean 2 times, 3 times as much.

### In the corpora

- [Lions have a special voice box with square-shaped folds that make a very deep, loud sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/7/)
- [Stand still like a tree, fold your arms in, look away and wait; then back away slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/7/)
- [In Japan there is a tradition of folding 1,000 paper cranes for a wish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/16/)
- [Alice wishes she could "shut up like a telescope", meaning fold down smaller like a pull-out telescope.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door/10/)
- [Sleep takes him «as a swathe of barley is folded into the arms of the reaping machine».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/33/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fold» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fold/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.