{
    "term": "fold",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "fold",
            "heSheIt": "folds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "folded",
        "pastParticiple": "folded",
        "ingForm": "folding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part lies on top of another part",
            "sensetop": "fold somethingfold something upfold something downfold something backfold something over",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "First, **fold** the paper **in half/in two**.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bird folded its wings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pile of neatly folded clothes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He folded the map up and put it in his pocket.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something up"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The blankets had been folded down.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something down"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't fold back pages to mark your place in a book.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something back"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fold the dough over on top of itself.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something over"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He carefully folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I folded up the clothes and put them away."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "neatly", "gently"],
                "preposition": ["into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to bend something so that it becomes smaller or flatter and can be stored or carried more easily; to bend or be able to bend in this way",
            "sensetop": "fold something awayfold something downfold something upfold upfold awayfold downfold out+ adj.",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bed can be folded away during the day.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something away"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The central back seat can be folded down to provide a useful tray.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something down"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She folds up the wheelchair and stows it in the trunk.",
                    "contextForm": "fold something up"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The table folds up when not in use.",
                    "contextForm": "fold up"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The table folds away when not in use.",
                    "contextForm": "fold away"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a TV screen that folds down from the ceiling",
                    "contextForm": "fold down"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The settee folds out into a comfortable bed.",
                    "contextForm": "fold out"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ironing board folds flat for easy storage.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When she heard the news, her legs just folded under her *(= she fell)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to wrap something around somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "fold A in Bfold B around/round/over A",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She gently folded the baby in a blanket.",
                    "contextForm": "fold A in B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She folded a blanket around the baby.",
                    "contextForm": "fold B around/round/over A"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to close because it is not successful",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new musical folded after only twenty performances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her fan club has folded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His business folded when his partner left."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to put one of your arms over the other one and hold them against your body",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He stood watching her with his arms folded across his chest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She folded her arms and stared at him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to bring or hold your hands together",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She kept her hands folded in her lap."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to put your arms around somebody and hold them against your body",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəʊld/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/fold__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəʊldz/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/folds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪd/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/folded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/folding__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəʊld/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/fold__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəʊldz/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/folds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪd/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/folded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/fold/folding__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Old English falden, fealden, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vouwen and German falten."
}