unfold

Plural: unfolds

Verb

Verb Forms: unfolded, unfolding, unfolds

• To open or spread out something that was folded.
• develop or come to a promising stage
• open to the view
  • "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings"
• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
  • "Unfold the newspaper"
• spread out or open from a closed or folded state
• To undo a folding.
• To become unfolded.
• To turn out; to happen; to develop.
• To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
• To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.
• To release from a fold or pen.

Noun

• In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.

Examples

• As the game began to UNFOLD, the complex strategies of the players became clear.
• Events unfolded in an unexpected way.
• The curtains unfolded to reveal the stage.
• to unfold a map; to unfold a tablecloth; She unpacks the new dress and unfolds it carefully.
• to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science
• to unfold sheep

Synonyms

blossom, blossom forth, blossom out, extend, open, spread, spread out, stretch, stretch out, expose, reveal, uncover

Antonyms

fold

Anagrams of unfold