English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "vou" is die aksie om iets, tipies papier of lap, te buig of te vou sodat een deel daarvan bo-op 'n ander deel lê. Dit kan ook verwys na die proses om iets inmekaar te stort of saam te druk, soos 'n meubelstuk of 'n tent, sodat dit minder spasie opneem wanneer dit nie gebruik word nie. In figuurlike sin kan "vou" ook beteken dat jy toegee of ingee onder druk of stres.

Synonyms

  1. fold

Sentence Examples

  1. He carried a boom box, which he set on a flat tree stump near the center of a circle of folding chairs and logs positioned around the fire.
  2. He returned to the spot across from me and sat, folding his hands on the tabletop.
  3. Had but little difficulty in getting it open, on account of its being a double or folding gate, and bolted neither at bottom not top.
  4. Gilligan cleared his throat, half-closing his eyes and folding his arms.
  5. As we settled into folding chairs in the back, I asked him what he wanted.
  6. He had got a scrap of paper and was folding it into a note-book.
  7. Volders stood, folding his hands behind his back as he paced to the window.
  8. She stood face-to-face with Silas and stared him directly in the eyes, folding her arms.
  9. She moved until she could move no more, and then she collapsed in one of the alcoves formed by a joist and a strut, folding herself into the tiny space.
  10. He led me around to the inside of the tent, where he flung himself into a folding chair Fern had been using and kicked his feet up on the baubles that sat on the counter.