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21foldærn — foldærn2 n ( es/ ) earth house, grave …
22-fold — [fəuld US fould] suffix [: Old English; Origin: feald] 1.) [in adjectives] of a particular number of kinds ▪ The government s role in healthcare is twofold: first, to provide the resources and, second, to make them work better for patients. 2.)… …
23-fold — [ fould ] suffix used with numbers to make adjectives and adverbs describing how much something increases: a fourfold increase (=an increase in an amount that makes it four times larger than before) …
24-fold — multiplicative suffix, from O.E. feald, related to O.N. faldr; Ger. falt; Goth. falþs; Gk. paltos, plos; L. plus. Crowded out in English by Latinate double, triple, etc., but still in MANIFOLD (Cf. manifold), HUNDREDFOLD (Cf. hundredfold), etc …
25fold|er — «FOHL duhr», noun. 1. a holder for papers, made by folding a piece of stiff paper: »Stacks of papers lay neatly sorted in labeled folders on his desk. 2. a pamphlet, usually made of one folded sheet: »The policeman handed out colorful folders… …
26fold — fold1 foldable, adj. /fohld/, v.t. 1. to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself. 2. to bring into a compact form by bending and laying parts together (often fol. by up): to fold up a map; to fold one s legs under oneself. 3. to bring (the… …
27fold — fold1 [ fould ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to bend a piece of paper or cloth and press one part of it over another part: Carrie folded the note and slid it into her purse. fold something in half/two: Fold the paper in half diagonally. fold something …
28fold — I UK [fəʊld] / US [foʊld] verb Word forms fold : present tense I/you/we/they fold he/she/it folds present participle folding past tense folded past participle folded ** 1) a) [transitive] to bend a piece of paper or cloth and press one part of it …
29fold — fold1 [fəuld US fould] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bend)¦ 2¦(smaller/neater)¦ 3¦(furniture etc)¦ 4 fold your arms 5¦(business)¦ 6¦(cover)¦ 7 fold somebody in your arms Phrasal verbs fold something<=>in ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin …
30fold — 1 verb 1 BEND (T) to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc by laying or pressing one part over another: Fold the paper along the dotted line. | fold sth in two/half: The woman folded the tickets in two and tore them in half. 2 MAKE STH SMALLER/NEATER… …
