Unfold

Quick meaning: Unfold is a verb meaning (transitive) To undo a folding.

Meaning

(transitive) To undo a folding.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become unfolded.
2. (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
3. (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
4. (transitive, computing) To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.
5. (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
6. (transitive) To release from a fold or pen.

Example Sentences

Events unfolded in an unexpected way.

Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.

The curtains unfolded to reveal the stage.

to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science

Word Forms

• unfolds
• unfolding
• unfolded

Synonyms for unfold

Depending on context, synonyms include expose, uncover, open, blossom, extend, stretch.

Antonyms for unfold

Common opposites include fold, turn up, fold up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stretch out, spread, stretch, open, extend, blossom.

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