Unroll

Quick meaning: Unroll is a verb meaning (transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.

Meaning

(transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
2. (transitive, programming, software compilation) To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.

Example Sentences

We will have to see how the events unroll.

Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.

Word Forms

• unrolls
• unrolling
• unrolled

Synonyms for unroll

Depending on context, synonyms include unwind, unfurl.

Antonyms for unroll

Common opposites include wrap, roll, wind, wrap up, roll up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unfurl, unwind, uncurl, uncoil, devolve, unplat.

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