fold

En français : plier, incorporer délicatement, s’effondrer, s’écrouler

1. To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. (transitive) · Next, fold the paper over, so the right half is on top of the left half.· The newspaper was folded under his arm.
2. To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending. (transitive) · If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.· The clothes were folded by the housekeeper.
3. To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it. (transitive)
4. To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid. (transitive) · Fold the egg whites into the batter.
5. To become folded; to form folds. (intransitive) · Cardboard doesn't fold very easily.
6. To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed. (informal, intransitive) · The chair folded under his enormous weight.
7. To give way on a point or in an argument. (intransitive, transitive) · He folded that point and didn't bring it up again.· He kept saying it was my fault, but when I brought up Sausalito, he folded.
8. To withdraw from betting. (intransitive)

He/she/it folds · Prétérit folded · Participe passé folded · Forme en -ing folding