folded
Syllables: fold·edUK/ˈfəʊldɪd//ˈfoʊldɪd/
folded adjective: having a fold or folds; having undergone folding. Also the simple past and past participle of fold.
Adjective
folded
- Having a fold or folds; having undergone folding.
- I got a compartment to myself, and sat with folded arms, looking grayly at the sunlit devastation that flowed past the windows1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 292
- Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor.1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business
Also used as
folded is also the simple past and past participle of fold.
folded meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
folded in Hindi
- मुड़े हुए
folded in Tamil
- மடிக்கப்பட்டது
folded in Marathi
- दुमडलेले, दुमडलेला
folded in Urdu
- فولڈ کیا گیا
More languagesFewer languages
- folded in Bengali
- ভাঁজ করা হয়েছে
- folded in Telugu
- ముడుచుకున్నది, ముడుచుకుంది
- folded in Kannada
- ಮಡಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
- folded in Gujarati
- ફોલ્ડ કરેલું
Examples of folded in a sentence
- A cloud of sea birds hovered overhead, the gannets diving with folded wings1934 November, Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall, chapter I, in Pitcairn’s Island, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page...
- Joel swallows his bite of seaburger and opens the folded notebook paper.1992, Elizabeth Massie, Sineater, page 159:
Words formed from folded
Phrases with folded
Questions about folded
- What does folded mean?
- Folded means having a fold or folds; having undergone folding.
- What is folded in Hindi?
- Folded in Hindi is मुड़े हुए. See Folded meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use folded in a sentence?
- A cloud of sea birds hovered overhead, the gannets diving with folded wings
- What part of speech is folded?
- Folded is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce folded?
- Folded is pronounced /ˈfoʊldɪd/ (US).
Words near folded in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: folded (page history and authors); folded (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); folded (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); folded (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); folded (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); folded (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); folded (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); folded (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); folded (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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