Fold
noun
- 1.
- (a doubling over of a flexible material, a pleat, a crease or a line made by folding, a dip in rock strata caused originally by pressure) sheep fold ក្រោល (ចៀម) / shepherd's fold ហ្វូងចៀម
verb — past tense: folded ; past participle: folded ; present participle: folding ;
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បញ្ឈប់
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ something (up) ; ~ something (back, down, over, etc) (to become folded, to be or admit of being folded. to double or bend something in sections to bend close to the dory, to embrace) fold clothes បត់ fold one's arms អោប (ដៃ) / fold up បញ្ឈប់រកស៊ី, fold the wings សម្លប់, fold in (eggs) រីកបន្ថើៗ
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Doors fold back បត់ (tents) fold up បត់បាន, four fold បួនដង (៤ដង)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen.
- 2.
- A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as, Christ's fold.
- 3.
- A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication.
verb — past tense: folded ; past participle: folded ; present participle: folding ;
- 1.
- Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.
- 2.
- That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To confine in a fold, as sheep.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To confine sheep in a fold.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.
- 8.
- (TRANSITIVE) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
- 9.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover or wrap up; to conceal.
- 1.
- A boundary, a limit