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A n
1 (crease) (in fabric, paper, skin) pli m ; the skirt/the curtain hung in soft folds la jupe/le rideau faisait des plis souples ;
2 Geog repli m ; a fold in the hills un repli des collines ;
3 Geol plissement m ;
4 (group) bercail m ;
5 Agric parc m ; sheep fold parc à moutons.
B -fold (dans composés) to increase twofold/threefold doubler/tripler ; the problems are threefold il y a trois problèmes ; interest rates have increased ninefold les taux d'intérêt ont été multipliés par neuf.
C vtr
1 (crease) plier [paper, towel, shirt, chair, table, umbrella] ; replier [wings] ; fold the paper in half ou two plie le papier en deux ; a folded sheet/newspaper un drap/journal plié ; fold some newspaper around the vases enveloppe les vases dans du papier journal ;
2 (intertwine) croiser [arms] ; joindre [hands] ; he folded his arms across his chest il a croisé les bras ; she sat with her legs folded under her elle était assise les jambes repliées sous elle ; to fold sb into one's arms serrer qn dans ses bras ;
3 Culin (add) incorporer (into à).
D vi
1 [chair, table] se plier ;
2 (fail) [play] quitter l'affiche ; [company] fermer ; [project] échouer ; [course] cesser.
Idioms
to stay in/return to the fold rester/rentrer au bercail ; to return to the family/party fold retourner au sein de sa famille/du parti.
Phrasal verbs
■ fold away :
▶ fold away [bed, table] se plier :
▶ fold away [sth], fold [sth] away plier et ranger [clothes, linen] ; replier [chair].
■ fold back :
▶ fold back [door, shutters] se rabattre (against contre) :
▶ fold back [sth], fold [sth] back rabattre [shutters, sheet, sleeve, collar].
■ fold down :
▶ fold down [car seat, pram hood] se rabattre ;
▶ fold [sth] down, fold down [sth] replier [collar, flap, sheets] ; rabattre [seat, pram hood] ; to fold down the corner of the page corner la page.
■ fold in :
▶ fold in [sth], fold [sth] in incorporer [sugar, flour].
■ fold out :
▶ fold out [sth], fold [sth] out déplier [map, newspaper].
■ fold over :
▶ fold over se rabattre ;
▶ fold [sth] over rabattre [flap].
■ fold up :
▶ fold up [chair, pram, umbrella] se plier ;
▶ fold [sth] up, fold up [sth] plier [newspaper, chair, umbrella] ; to fold sth up again replier qch.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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