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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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folds

/fəʊld/

US pronunciation
American sound/fəʊld/
folds
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> folds

Myanmar meaning

(n[pl]) အခေါက်များ

Full entry

fold1 /fǝƱld / v

၁။ (က) ~ sth (up) ; ~ sth (back, down, over, etc ) ခေါက်သည်။ ချိုးသည်။ fold clothes (up) neatly ❍ fold the sheet down ❍ The flag was folded away for another year. ❍ The top of the bag was folded over and stapled. ❍ a folded newspaper ❍ The bird folded its wings. ❍ Fold the letter (in two) before putting it in the envelope. (ခ) ~ (up) ခေါက်သည်။ ချိုးသည်။ The garden table folds (away / up) flat. ❍ a folding chair / bed / bicycle.
၂။ ~ A in B : ~ B round A ထုပ်သည်။ Fold the glass bowl in newspaper. ❍ Fold newspaper round the glass bowl. Compare UNFOLD
၃။ ~ (up) (infml ) (က) (လုပ်ငန်းကိုင်ငန်း) ပျက်သွားသည်၊ ပိတ်လိုက်သည်။ The company folded (up) last week. (ခ) (ဇာတ်စသည်) ဆက် မကနိုင်၊ ဖျာလိပ်သည်။ The show folded after only a week.
n
၁။ (က) အခေါက်။ a dress hanging in loose folds ❍ folds of skin. (ခ) ခေါက်ရာ။ ခေါက်ရိုး။
၂။ (တောင်ကြားရှိ) ချိုင်၊ ချိုင့်။
၃။ (geology ) လွှာတွန့်။
❏ fold one's arms [IDM ] လက်ပိုက်သည်။
❏ fold one's hands [IDM ] လက်ချင်းယှက်ထားသည်။ She sat quite still, her hands folded in her lap.
❏ fold sb/sth in one's arms [IDM ] ပွေ့ပိုက်ထားသည်။ ဖက်ထားသည်။ The father folded the tiny child in his arms.
❏ fold sth in ; fold sth into sth [PHRV ] (ကြက်ဥစသည်) ထည့်ခေါက်သည်။ Fold in the beaten whites of two eggs.

fold2 /fǝƱld / n

၁။ [C] သိုးခြံ။
၂။ the fold [sing] အသိုင်း အဝိုင်း။ လောက။ ဘောင်။ leave the party fold ❍ Although he ran away from home five years ago, his family are still hoping he will return to the fold.

-fold suff (with numbers forming adjs and advs )

… ဆ။ tenfold ❍ twofold.

More examples
  • Carrie folded the letter and slid it into a drawer.
  • [fold something in half/two] : Fold the paper in half diagonally.
  • [fold something neatly/carefully] : She folded the towel neatly and hung it over the rail.
  • [fold something over/back/down] : Fold the left flap over and hold it down.
  • [fold something in something] : She picked up the insect and gently folded it in a handkerchief.
  • [fold something around something] : He folded the newspaper carefully around the plants.
  • Jim folded the penknife and slipped it into his pocket.
  • [fold (something) up/down/away] : The bed folds away conveniently for storage.
  • [fold (something) flat] : The table folds flat for easy storage.
  • Sue felt her legs folding under her, then she fainted.
Synonyms
crease, fold up, fold over, crinkle, double, be ruined, become insolvent, bend, break, bust, circumvolution, close, cockle, collapse, convolution, corrugate, corrugation, crash, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, do up, dog's ear, dog-ear, double over, double thickness, doubling, encase, enclose, enfold, entwine, envelop, fail, flection, flexure, folding, furrow, gather, gathering, give, go bankrupt, go bust, go into Chapter 11, go out of business, go to the wall, go under, groove, hem, impoverish, intertwine, involve, knife-edge, knit, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, overlay, pauper, pauperize, plait, pleat, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, shut down, smocking, telescope, tuck, turn, turn under, wrap, wrap up, wrinkle, yield
Antonyms
achieve, divide, fix, flatten, free, leave, let go, let out, line, loose, loosen, mend, open, separate, smooth, smoothness, straighten, succeed, unbend, withhold
Cross references
creasefold upfold overcrinkledoublebe ruinedbecome insolventbendbreakbustcircumvolutionclosecocklecollapseconvolutioncorrugatecorrugationcrashcrimpcrispcrumplecurldo updog's eardog-eardouble overdouble thicknessdoubling
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