"fold" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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fold + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 10
fold one's arms • fold one's hands • fold one's wings • fold the paper • fold one's legs • ...
fold + preposición
Kolokacji: 35
fold into • fold up • fold across • fold over • fold down • ...
fold + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 34
neatly folded • carefully fold • fold tightly • folded together • folded away • ...
(2) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(3) gently, quietly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) forward, backwards
Kolokacji: 2
1. fold forward = złóż do przodu fold forward
2. fold backwards = złóż do tyłu fold backwards
  • His patella shattered and his leg folded backwards.
  • Because the T.1 was designed to operate from carrier decks, its wings were hinged to fold backwards.
  • The Ro-go Ko-gata was a three-bay biplane of wood and fabric construction, with twin main floats and wings that folded backwards for storage.
  • To enable storing the plane in small spaces, the DH.60's wings could fold backwards against the fuselage.
  • Hess further generalised the formula for star polyhedra with different kinds of face, some of which may fold backwards over others.
  • Usually other signs (like ears and whiskers folded backwards) give an indication of the cat's overall mood.
  • Its showy hanging flowers have sepals which are reflexed, or folded backwards along the length of the flower.
  • The head is wedge-shaped, elongated and dry, with pricked and very mobile ears that fold backwards like a greyhound's during the chase.
  • The nose landing gear strut folded backwards during the overrun, leading to severe damage to the underside of the forward fuselage.
(5) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(6) properly, primly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) loosely, open, perfectly
Kolokacji: 3

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