Unfold

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To open and spread out (something folded); extend.
  • v. To remove the coverings from; disclose to view.
  • v. To reveal gradually by written or spoken explanation; make known.
  • verb-intransitive. To become spread out; open out: Spring flowers unfolded everywhere.
  • verb-intransitive. To develop, as if by spreading out: A brilliant career unfolded.
  • verb-intransitive. To be revealed gradually to the understanding: A solution to the problem unfolded as they spoke.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To undo a folding.
  • v. To turn out to happen; to develop.
  • v. To reveal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out.
  • v. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain.
  • v. To release from a fold or pen.
  • verb-intransitive. To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To open the folds of; expand; spread out; change from a folded condition, in any sense of the word fold. To lay open to view or contemplation; make known in all the details; develop; disclose; reveal: as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science.
  • To show, or let be seen; display.
  • To become opened out; be spread apart; become disclosed or developed; develop itself.
  • To release from a fold or pen.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. develop or come to a promising stage
  • v. spread out or open from a closed or folded state
  • v. open to the view
  • v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
  • Antonym
    fold    shut    wrapt    closed   
    Verb Form
    unfolded    unfolding    unfolds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    develop    reveal    uncover    unveil    bring out    change shape    deform    change form   
    Cross Reference
    develop   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expand    display    disclose    reveal    elucidate    explain    open    develop    undo    unroll   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nolde    ahold    behold    bold    bowled    cajoled    cold    consoled    controlled    decontrolled   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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