unfurl

Verb

Verb Forms: unfurled, unfurling, unfurls

• To unroll or spread out, especially a flag or sail.
• unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
  • "unfurl a banner"
• To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
• To roll out or debut anything.
• To open up by unrolling.
• To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress.

Examples

• The Scrabble dictionary, when opened, seemed to UNFURL a world of linguistic possibilities.
• They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.
• When will we be unfurling the new feature?

Synonyms

unroll, splay

Antonyms

roll up, furl, roll