unroll
Verb
Verb Forms: unrolled, unrolling, unrolls
- To open something that has been rolled up.
- reverse the winding or twisting of
- unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
- To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
- To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
- 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.
Examples
- He watched the Scrabble board unroll before him, revealing a challenging new layout.
- Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.
- We will have to see how the events unroll.
Origin / Etymology
From un- + roll.
Antonyms
roll up, wind
Scrabble Score: 6
unroll: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunroll: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unroll: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
unroll: valid Words With Friends Word