fold

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.

   “Next, fold the paper over, so the right half is on top of the left half.”

2. fiil To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.

   “If you fold the sheets, they'll fit more easily in the drawer.”

3. fiil To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
4. fiil To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.

   “Fold the egg whites into the batter.”

5. fiil To become folded; to form folds.

   “Cardboard doesn't fold very easily.”

6. fiil To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.

   “The chair folded under his enormous weight.”

7. fiil To give way on a point or in an argument.

   “He folded that point and didn't bring it up again.”

8. fiil To withdraw from betting.

   “With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded.”

9. fiil To withdraw or quit in general.
10. fiil To fail, to collapse, to disband.
11. fiil Of a company, to cease to trade.

    “The company folded after six quarters of negative growth.”

12. fiil To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.

    “He folded his arms in defiance.”

13. fiil To plait or mat (hair) together.
14. fiil To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
15. fiil To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).

    “He put out his arms and folded her to his breast. And for a while she lay there sobbing. He looked at us over her bowed head, with eyes that blinked damply above his quivering nostrils. His mouth was set as steel.”

16. fiil To cover up, to conceal.

    “I will not poyſon thee with my attaint, / Nor fold my fault in cleanly coin’d excuſes, / My ſable ground of ſinne I will not paint, / To hide the truth of this falſe nights abuſes.”

17. fiil To ensnare, to capture.
18. fiil To split (a line of text) across multiple lines, to obey line length limitations.
19. isim An act of folding.

    “give the bedsheets a fold before putting them in the cupboard.”

20. isim Any correct move in origami.
21. isim A bend or crease.

    “[…] There sat the Shadow fear’d of man; Who broke our fair companionship, ⁠And spread his mantle dark and cold; And wrapt thee formless in the fold, […]”

22. isim A layer, typically of folded or wrapped cloth.

    “[…] the Ancient Ægyptian Mummies, were ſhrowded in a Number of Folds of Linnen, beſmeared with Gummes, in manner of Seare-Cloth; […]”

23. isim A clasp, embrace.

    “[…] the weake wanton Cupid Shall from your necke vnlooſe his amorous fould, […]”

24. isim A coil of a snake’s body.
25. isim A wrapping or covering.
26. isim One of the doorleaves of a folding door.
27. isim A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
28. isim The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.

    “The folds are most abrupt to the eastward; to the west, they diminish in boldness, and become gentle undulations”

29. isim The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.

    “Newspaper editors know the importance of putting the most important information “above the fold,” that is, visible when the paper is folded and on the rack.”

30. isim The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.

    “For example, a story that is "page I, above the fold" is considered very important news. In web page design, the fold signifies the place at which the user has to scroll down to get more information.”