Term Gallery logo

Meanings of folded back in English

We have no meanings for "folded back" in our records yet.
Usage of folded back in English
1
When the river emerged from it, it folded back from 40° b.m.
Across Unknown South America
2
He folded back the bed-clothes, and laid his ear to her heart.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
3
All puffed out on the sides & folded back like pigeon wings.
Further adventures
4
Scott's death she read with the paper folded back at the account.
If Winter Comes
5
The hem of his shirt folded back and his belly was pale.
Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
6
Here in Hell-orManchester-timelengthened and bent and folded back on itself.
Demon bound
7
She had a legal pad folded back in her left hand.
Rain gods
8
The door of it folded back over the little window, completely hiding it.
The Last Hope
9
He folded back the first page of the letter and read as follows.
No Thoroughfare
10
Here he went to the bedside and folded back the sheet.
The Return of the Native
11
Mary cut the string of the outside paper, and folded back the wrapper.
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
12
After a little delay, the curtain was folded back and the hands exposed.
Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University...
13
No one had folded back a page on it since June.
Rain gods
14
The mist rolled off to either side and some folded back on itself.
Book One: Apotheosis
15
Aaron carefully folded back his side of the duvet and slid into bed.
The water room
16
The windows began to lower and the cloth roof folded back.
Map of bones
This collocation consists of:
Folded back through the time
Folded back across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common