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I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.
Emily Procter

Meaning of "fold up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOLD UP

fold up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOLD UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fold up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fold up in English.

WHAT DOES FOLD UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fold up in the English dictionary

The definition of fold up in the dictionary is to make smaller or more compact. Other definition of fold up is to collapse, as with laughter or pain.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOLD UP

PRESENT

Present
I fold up
you fold up
he/she/it folds up
we fold up
you fold up
they fold up
Present continuous
I am folding up
you are folding up
he/she/it is folding up
we are folding up
you are folding up
they are folding up
Present perfect
I have folded up
you have folded up
he/she/it has folded up
we have folded up
you have folded up
they have folded up
Present perfect continuous
I have been folding up
you have been folding up
he/she/it has been folding up
we have been folding up
you have been folding up
they have been folding up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I folded up
you folded up
he/she/it folded up
we folded up
you folded up
they folded up
Past continuous
I was folding up
you were folding up
he/she/it was folding up
we were folding up
you were folding up
they were folding up
Past perfect
I had folded up
you had folded up
he/she/it had folded up
we had folded up
you had folded up
they had folded up
Past perfect continuous
I had been folding up
you had been folding up
he/she/it had been folding up
we had been folding up
you had been folding up
they had been folding up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fold up
you will fold up
he/she/it will fold up
we will fold up
you will fold up
they will fold up
Future continuous
I will be folding up
you will be folding up
he/she/it will be folding up
we will be folding up
you will be folding up
they will be folding up
Future perfect
I will have folded up
you will have folded up
he/she/it will have folded up
we will have folded up
you will have folded up
they will have folded up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been folding up
you will have been folding up
he/she/it will have been folding up
we will have been folding up
you will have been folding up
they will have been folding up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fold up
you would fold up
he/she/it would fold up
we would fold up
you would fold up
they would fold up
Conditional continuous
I would be folding up
you would be folding up
he/she/it would be folding up
we would be folding up
you would be folding up
they would be folding up
Conditional perfect
I would have fold up
you would have fold up
he/she/it would have fold up
we would have fold up
you would have fold up
they would have fold up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been folding up
you would have been folding up
he/she/it would have been folding up
we would have been folding up
you would have been folding up
they would have been folding up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fold up
we let´s fold up
you fold up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fold up
Past participle
folded up
Present Participle
folding up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLD UP

fol.
folacin
folate
fold
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fold-and-thrust belt
fold-up
foldable
foldaway
foldback
foldboat
folded dipole
folder
folderol
folding
folding door
folding money
folding press
folding seat
foldout

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLD UP

add up
build up
dolled up
dressed up
end up
fed up
fired up
mixed up
on the up and up
read up
round up
screwed up
speed up
stand up
steamed up
washed up
wind up
worked up
wound up
wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of fold up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fold up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOLD UP

Find out the translation of fold up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fold up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fold up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

折叠起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plegar
570 millions of speakers

English

fold up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طيها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сложить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dobrar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাঁজ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

replier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

melipat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zusammenklappen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

畳む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Melu munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gấp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மடங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप दुमडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripiegare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złóż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скласти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ori în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διπλώνουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vika upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brette opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fold up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLD UP»

The term «fold up» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLD UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fold up

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «FOLD UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fold up.
1
Cher
I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around.
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Emily Procter
I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLD UP»

Discover the use of fold up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fold up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microarray Bioinformatics
For example, the fold differences of 2-fold up-regulated genes, genes that are not differentially expressed, and 2-fold down-regulated genes are 2, 1 and 0.5, respectively. The logarithms to base 2 of a range of intensities are shown in Table ...
Dov Stekel, 2003
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Popular Science
... Saturday-afternoon haul. But that utility quickly turns into futility when you return home — and have to store the beast. That's why the U-Fold Trailer Co. has come up with — you guessed it — a trailer that you fold up for easy, compact storage.
3
Popular Science
SECRET installation for a fold-up sounds intriguing, and some persons like it for a living room. There is no visible door covering the bed recess and the casual visitor never suspects that a sleeping outfit is tucked behind the paneled or ...
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Popular Science
FOLD-UP UTILITY TRAILER HOLDS UP T0 1,000 LBS., YET STORES/ IN ONLY 2 FEET OF SPACE! " 4 easy-roll solid rubber casters Large red stop/turn signal lights with amber side markers FOLDS to a compact 5 ft. wide, 7 ft. high, 2 ft. deep  ...
5
Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Outdoor Wood Projects: ...
With this fold-up seat built for two, you won 't have to sacrifice comfort and style for portability. OVERALL SIZE: 34%" HIGH 22" DEEP 42" LONG radius (typ.) PROJECT POWER TOOLS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Quantity Lumber 1 4 2 2 x ...
Creative Publishing Editors, Creative Publishing international Black & Decker Corporation (Towson, Md.) Black & Decker Corporation, 2005
6
Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets
... (0.6% boys; 1.3% girls) 1984 (0.9% boys; 1.8% girls) 1991 (10.5%) 1991 (4.5% ) 1999 (13%) 1999 (14%) Up 3.3- fold Up 2.3- fold 1994 (1.7% boys; Up 2.8- 2.6 % girls) fold (boys) Up 2.0- fold (girls) 1994 (2.1% boys; 3.2% girls) 1997 (11.3%)  ...
Tim Lang, Michael Heasman, 2004
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Cell Biology and Gene Expression Profiling During the Early ...
Only 5% of >50-fold upregulated genes had EST hits in the genome databases compared to 30% of >50-fold downregulated genes (Table 6). Similarly, when we compared the percentage of genes with ESTs among the >10 fold up-regulated ...
Prasanna Kankanala, 2007
8
Nature Fold-along Stories: Quick and Easy Origami Tales ...
Quick and Easy Origami Tales about Plants and Animals. Step #8: Fold up for “ Half.” Unfold for “Grow Longer,” then fold up to the midline for “thickens.” Step # 13: Fold the top edge down to the bottom. When new frogs and toads pop up from  ...
‎2009
9
Fold-N-Hold Object Talks for Kids!
... center top. /•"_x Step 3. Fold the flap* back diagonally. \ / Step 4. (a) Fold one of the lower flaps up to the center of the triangle, (b) Then fold it up to even off the lower edge. Flip the risfl "overwind fold up \ tj^'e lower flap" even with the bottom.
Susan Lingo, 2004
10
Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
T'\fl>-'} : OmA. to roll up the umbrella) 0")mA. atattafa to fold somewhat, fold several times, to fold up clothes after drying, to fold up (a letter), roll up (a mat) {( DtA-Ul '□ OTPC folding up the paper . . .) pmA. tattafa to be folded, doubled; to be bent ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLD UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fold up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fitness Equipment You Can Travel With: Glamour.com
The best part is, these resistance bands are super light and fold up to fit in the palm of your hand, so they don't take any room up in your bag. 2. «Glamour, Jul 15»
2
Ibiza's secret cave parties and insider tips with Kiss FM DJ Charlie …
For me it's my music and headphones, some dry shampoo, fold up flat shoes to change into from heels and a hairband. What should you pack if ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Designer Creates a 3D Printed Viewer for 3D Images - 3DPrint.com
We had to design a way to keep it strong and stable but also be able to fold up. For the face plate with the lenses, I just scanned the cardboard ... «3DPrint.com, Jul 15»
4
Whatever Happened To ... Penny Arcade? - Democrat and Chronicle
... responded within days, saying he was coming back and vowing, "The Penny Arcade is not going to fold up and fade away … This is my life.". «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
melting pot of experience build the trefecta electric bicycle
... machined from 7075 high grade aluminum blocks and rides on six spoke carbon fiber wheels. the whole bicycle can fold up into a flight case ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
6
Dear GOP Presidential Candidates, Do You Want To Be Like Mel …
“If the Republican Party can't turn defending innocent human life into a winning issue nationally, we should fold up the Republican Party and ... «Christian Broadcasting Network, Jul 15»
7
Ashes 2015: England stamp authority with 169-run win over Australia
... with 169-run win over Australia. Joe Root, in the later stages of the match, chipped in two wickets to fold up the visitors. (Source: Reuters). «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
Nissan e-NV Electric Minivan Gets Driven (in the UK)
Should you need to carry just five people and have extra space for luggage, the two rearmost seats fold up and can be strapped to the sides. «Gas 2.0, Jul 15»
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Now We're Cookin': Pork Dumpling/ Wonton Soup - The Ellsworth …
Stuff circles with sausage mixture and fold up. Drop into boiling pot of broth. Wontons/dumplings are done when they float. Don't cook them too ... «The Ellsworth American, Jul 15»
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Behold The Tent Of The Future! Collects Solar Energy, Rainwater …
It is strong, sturdy structure and has the capabilities to fold up for easy storage and transportation, collect rainwater, and charge electrical ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»

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