The border guard folded his arms across his chest and glared.
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He stood watching her with his arms folded across his chest.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fold your hands — fold your arms/hands/ phrase to cross one arm or hand over the other The border guard folded his arms across his chest and glared. Thesaurus: to move your limbs and appendagessynonym to sit or lie downhyponym Ma … Useful english dictionary
fold someone in your arms — mainly literary phrase to put your arms around someone Thesaurus: expressing affection physicallysynonym changes in colour that show how you are feelinghyponym Main entry: fold … Useful english dictionary
fold somebody in your arms — fold sb in your ˈarms idiom (literary) to put your arms around sb and hold them against your body Main entry: ↑foldidiom … Useful english dictionary
fold someone in your arms — mainly literary to put your arms around someone … English dictionary
fold — fold1 [fəuld US fould] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bend)¦ 2¦(smaller/neater)¦ 3¦(furniture etc)¦ 4 fold your arms 5¦(business)¦ 6¦(cover)¦ 7 fold somebody in your arms Phrasal verbs fold something<=>in ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
fold — 1 verb 1 BEND (T) to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc by laying or pressing one part over another: Fold the paper along the dotted line. | fold sth in two/half: The woman folded the tickets in two and tore them in half. 2 MAKE STH SMALLER/NEATER… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fold — fold1 [ fould ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to bend a piece of paper or cloth and press one part of it over another part: Carrie folded the note and slid it into her purse. fold something in half/two: Fold the paper in half diagonally. fold something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fold — I UK [fəʊld] / US [foʊld] verb Word forms fold : present tense I/you/we/they fold he/she/it folds present participle folding past tense folded past participle folded ** 1) a) [transitive] to bend a piece of paper or cloth and press one part of it … English dictionary
fold — [[t]fo͟ʊld[/t]] ♦♦♦ folds, folding, folded 1) VERB If you fold something such as a piece of paper or cloth, you bend it so that one part covers another part, often pressing the edge so that it stays in place. [V n] He folded the paper carefully … English dictionary
fold*/*/*/ — [fəʊld] verb I 1) [T] to bend a piece of paper or cloth and press one part of it over another part Carrie folded the letter and slid it into a drawer.[/ex] Fold the paper in half.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if something folds, or if you fold it, you bend part … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
