Unfold

Definition: Unfold

Unfold

Verb

1. Develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity".

2. Open to the view; "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings".

3. Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna".

4. Spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unfold" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Computing

Post & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Unfold

Description

Unfold a tale; (disclose) ; tell; give an account of, render an account of; report, make a report, draw up a statement.

Disclosure

Verb: disclose, discover, dismask; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel; take off the seal, break the seal; lay open, lay bare; expose; open, open up; bare, bring to light.

Evolution

Verb: evolve; unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel; untangle, disentangle; develop.

Interpretation

Illustrate, exemplify; unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate; popularize; (render intelligible).

Straightness

Render straight, straighten, rectify; set straight, put straight; unbend, unfold, uncurl; unravel; unwrap.

Crosswords: Unfold

I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. (Ferris Bueller's Day Off; writing credit: John Hughes)

Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, Human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. (Crimes and Misdemeanors; writing credit: Woody Allen)

That salvation lets their wings unfold (Angels; performing artist: Robbie Williams)

The secret is about to unfold (TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (Gonna Be Alright); performing artist: ROD STEWART)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Computing for Love: Using Information Technology as a Platform to Unfold the Power of Love (reference)

• Easter Deluxe Bulletin Board Kit: Two Panels Unfold to Create a 48x19 Inch Illustration. Matching 18 Inch Trim is Enough for a 3x5 Foot Board, or Can (reference)

• Healing of Soul, Healing of Body: Spiritual Leaders Unfold the Strength & Solace in Psalms (reference)

• Marie Angel's Woodland Christmas: A Story to Unfold in Words and Pictures (reference)

• Rubies Unfold (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Unfold (reference)

• Unfold the Future (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Then, having wholly overthrown His views, and stripped them to the bone, Proceeded to unfold her own.

The dull light fell more faintly upon the page whereon another equation began to unfold itself slowly and to spread abroad its widening tail.

Also, our sentences wanted room to unfold and form their columns in the interval.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Opportunities will unfold for foreign sales of communications products and services as deregulation continues. (references)

As the economic crisis continued to unfold, the strong U.S. dollar combined with the weak Korean economy, further impacted the import market resulting in a mere USD 33.0 million in sales of U.S. produced hand and power tools in 1998. By 1999, however, with the recovery in Korea's economy, the U.S. market share rebounded to become the second largest among foreign suppliers of hand and power tools, taking 12.8% of the import market. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

As this political situation continues to unfold, the economy shows signs of recovery. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "unfold": unfold a sheet ♦ unfold one's intentions. Additional references.

Albanian

shtrij (drape, elongate, expand, hold out, push, reach, recline, roll, spread, spread on, stretch), shtjellohem, shpalos (display, expand, flourish, open, spread, unfurl), hapem (clear, clear up, flatten out, open, spread, step aside), çel (bloom, blossom, dehisce, flower, hatch, open up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فتح (conquer, conquest, open, switch on, turn on, unbar, unblock, unclose, unfasten, unlock, unseal, unzip), ‏فض (adjourn, adjournment, breaking, close, scattering, unwrap), ‏كشف (bare, bring to light, detect, disclose, disclosure, discover, divulge, expose, exposure, find out, lay bare, lay open, lift, make known, open, remove, reveal, revelation, show up, take off, uncover, unearth, unveil), ‏نما (develop, expand, flower, gather, grow, increase, prosper, shoot, thrive), ‏نشر (apply, be published, bear, braying, bring out, broadcast, circulate, diffusion, dispose, disseminate, distribute, edition, expand, extend, fudge, gazette, give out, hang out, insert in a newspaper, irradiate, issue, overspread, peddle, pervade, popularize, print, proclaim, programming, promulgate, promulgation, propagation, publicize, publishing, put forth, put out, run, saw, sawing, sawn, scatter, shake out, sow, spread, sprinkle, strew, thrust, trephine, unroll, unwrap), ‏تفتح (bloom, blossom, dehisce, open, sobering, unlatch), ‏تجلى للعيان (unfurl), ‏إنتشر (be widespread, catch on, circulate, deploy, diffuse, emit, extend, fall out, fan, flow, mushroom, outspread, percolate, permeate, pervade, prevail, propagate, radiate, reproduce, resound, run, send forth, suffuse, swarm, transpire, unroll), ‏ظهر للعيان (elicit, emerge). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разтварям (dissolve, expand, melt, open, resolve, unclasp, unclose), разгъвам (evolve, scan, shake out, unfurl, unroll), развивам (cultivate, develop, do, educate, evolve, make, pay out, push, uncoil, unfurl, ungird, unreel, unroll, unswathe, unwind, unwrap, wind off, work up). (various references)

Chinese 

展开 (splay, uncoil, uncoiled, unfolded, unroll, unrolled). (various references)

Czech

vyložit (articulate, deposit, discharge, display, elucidate, explain, expound, hold up, interpret, lay out, put out, unload), vyjít najevo (appear, come out, come out into the open, emerge, transpire), rozvinout (array, deploy, develop, evolve, fill out, set sail, spread, uncoil, unfurl, unroll), roztáhnout (distend, extend, spread, stretch out), rozprostírat se, rozložit (decompose, diffract, disassemble, disintegrate, distribute, resolve, spread), rozevřít (spread), rozepnout (spread, unbrace, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unhook), odhalit (be on to smb., bring out, detect, disclose, expose, find out, reveal, show smb. up, show up, spy out, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unlock, unmask, unveil). (various references)

Farsi 

فاش کردن (Babble, Betray, Disclose, Divulge, Giveaway, Manifest, Peach, Reveal, Squeal, Tattle, Tell, Uncloak, Utter), تاه چیزی راگشودن , اشکارکردن (Air, Announce, Bare, Disclose, Display, Light, Quarry, Reveal, Unbonnet, Uncover, Unhood), اشکارشدن (Peep), رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Unbend, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unhand, Unhook, Unleash, Unloose, Unsling), بازکردن (Disclose, Disengage, Disentangle, Evolve, Solve, Splay, Unbend, Unbrace, Undo, Unfasten, Unfix, Unhinge, Unhitch, Unlock, Unpack, Untie, Untwist, Unwreathe). (various references)

Finnish

avautua (open), aukoa (open, unwind), aueta (become unfastened, become untied, come loose, come undone, open, spread). (various references)

French

s'ouvrir (unlock), se dérouler (uncoil, unroll, unwind), s'étendre, révéler, dévoiler (uncloak, uncover, unveil), déployer (unfurl), déplier. (various references)

German

entfalten (deploy, develop, display, exhibit, expound, launch into, open out, set forth, spread out, unfurl). (various references)

Greek 

ξεδιπλώνω (unfurl, unwrap). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפרוס (lay out, slice, spread), ל�"תפתח (be developed, develop, gain one's knowledge, work out), ל�"תפרש (be clarified, be explained, be interpreted, be specified), ל�"ציע (hold out, offer, proffer, propose, submit, suggest, supply, tender). (various references)

Hungarian

felfed (disclose, identify, locate, pinpoint, reveal, showed, shown, to disclose, to expose, to identify, to lay bare, to see into, to show, to uncloak, to unfold, to untangle, unbosom), elbeszél (narrate, recount, relate, tell, to recount, to relate, to tell, to unfold, told), kinyílik (to come undone, to expand, to swing open, to unclasp, to unfold), kifejt (articulate, explicate, expose, expound, Hull, point out, to develop, to enucleate, to evolve, to exert, to expand, to explicate, to expound, to hull, to paraphrase, to set forth, to shuck, to spade, to state, to unfold), kifejlõdik (develop, grow), kibontakozik (to develop, to evolve, to unfold), kitár (open, to expand, to fling open, to spread, to unfold), felfedezõdik, kitárul (to unfold), felbont (resolve, to break down, to break up, to dissolve, to ravel, to ravel out, to unfold, undo, unpick, unseal), fejteget (dwell on, reason, to discuss, to explicate, to reason, to unfold), elterjed (gain ground, get round, spread, spread about, to come into general use, to disperse, to resound, to spread, to unfold), elterül (spread, to extend, to get to look very slack, to go sprawling, to spread, to unfold), elmond (narrate, recite, recount, relate, set out, tell, to recite, to recount, to relate, to represent, to unfold), elmesél (to tell, to unfold, told), feltár (explore, locate, to bare, to digest, to disclose, to excavate, to expand, to lay bare, to subject, to unfold, unbosom), leleplezõdik, szétrak (to unfold), szétnyit (to unclench, to unclinch, to unfold, to unfurl, unclench), széthajtogat (to unfold), szétbont (decompose, to decompose, to disassemble, to uncouple, to unfold), megmagyaráz (account for, elucidate, to elucidate, to explain, to explicate, to expound, to illuminate, to illumine, to unfold), kinyit (open, to unclasp, to unclench, to unclinch, to unclog, to undo, to unfold, to unlatch, to unlock, to unsnap, undid, undone, unfasten, unlatch, unlock), leplez (dissemble, dissimulate, to cloak, to cover, to mask, to screen, to veil, to veneer), szem elé tárul (to unfold), legombolyít (reel off, to reel off, to uncoil, to unfold, to unreel, to unwind, uncoil, unreel, unwind, unwound), legöngyölít (to unfold), kitudódik (to come into the open, to develop, to ooze out, to transpire, to unfold), kiterjed (expand, spread, spread out, to cover, to escalate, to expand, to lengthen, to range, to stretch, to unfold), kitereget (to hang out, to lay out, to put out, to unfold, to ventilate), kiterít (hang out, to dump, to lay low, to lay out, to stretch, to unfold), leteker (reel, to uncoil, to unfold, to unreel, to unroll, to wind off, unreel, unroll). (various references)

Indonesian

terhampar, membuka (disclose, open, prelude, take down, unfasten, untie), membeberkan (expand, explain, proclaim, spread out). (various references)

Italian

spiegare (account for, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, enucleate, explain, explain oneself, expound, interpret, project, read, solve, spread, spread out, to explain, unfurl), schiudere (hatch, open), rivelarsi (prove, turn out), rivelare (bare, detect, expose, impart, let on, reveal, reveal oneself, show, spill out, tell, unbosom, uncover, unlock), aprirsi (burst, gape, open, part, splay, split). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

繰り広�'る (to open, to unfold), 繰り拡�'る (to develop, to roll out, to spread out, to unfold), 広�'る (to broaden, to enlarge, to expand, to extend, to open, to spread, to unfold, to unroll, to widen), 拡�'る (to broaden, to enlarge, to expand, to extend, to open, to spread, to unfold, to unroll, to widen). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くりひろ�'る (to develop, to open, to roll out, to spread out, to unfold), ひろ�'る (to broaden, to enlarge, to expand, to extend, to open, to spread, to unfold, to unroll, to widen). (various references)

Korean 

펼치십시�". (various references)

Manx

foshley (unblock, unclasp). (various references)

Pig Latin

oldunfay

Portuguese

revelar-se (unveil), revelar (betray, bewray, break, demonstrate, disclose, discover, discoverer, disembosom, display, exposed, lay bare, publicize, represent, reveal, show, smoke out, unbosom, uncloak, unclose, uncover, unkennel, unmask, unveil), ostentar (dash, display, flare, flaunt, parade), mostrar-se (make an appearance, parade, show, show up), mostrar (bare, create, demonstrate, denote, designate, develop, discover, display, draw, drew, evince, exert influence, exhibit impatience, hold up, indicate, intimation, keep up, offer, point out, produce, record, reflect, reveal, set forth, show, show off, show up, signify, to show, turn up, unmask, wear), manifestar (confess, demonstrate, manifest, show), desdobrar (extend, fade away, open, spread, spread out, strech out), abrir-se (confide, disclosure, disembosom, draw out, open up), abrir (barge, cut, cut up, dehisce, deploy, ditcher, driftage, Frank, free, let by, open, open up, pecker, rip, Rive, spread, to open, unbar, unclasp, unclench, unclose, undraw, unfasten, unlock, unseal, unstrap). (various references)

Romanian

se desface (burst, come off, disentangle, unwind), se desfãşura (be on, deploy, evolve, expand, go off, go on, pass off, stream, unreel, unroll), scoate din ţarã, rãsfira (disperse, separate, spread, uncoil, unwind), ieşi la ivealã (emerge), expune (air, carry forth, demonstrate, discourse, display, endanger, enounce, exhibit, explain, explicate, expose, expound, lay out, propound, relate, show, sport, spread, state, weather, word), dezvãlui (appear, bare, debunk, disclose, divulge, evolve, lay bare, reveal, show, show up, uncover, unveil), destãinui (bring to light, confide, disclose, disembosom, divulge, expose, let in on, open, reveal, unbosom), despãturi, desface (cleave, disassemble, disconnect, disentangle, dismantle, dissolve, free, knock down, loose, loosen, open, outstretch, pick up, pry, sever, sprawl, spread, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfurl, unlace, unloose, unravel, unrig, untie), desfãşura (develop, evolve, show, spread, stream, unfurl), deschide (break away, broach, commence, crack, cut, indict, lead, lead off, let in, open, open up, start, uncork, unfasten, unlock, unseal, unstop). (various references)

Russian 

раскрыть (disclose, discover, expose, lay bare, open, uncover, zoom), раскрываться (dehisce, open), раскрывать (disclose, open, unclothe, uncover, unfurl, unseal, unwound, zoom), распускаться (blossom, come into leaf, expand), развертывать (deploy, deploying, evolve, unfurl, unroll, unwrap). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razmotati (unfurl, unswathe, unwind, unwrap), raširiti (broaden, diffuse, disseminate, fill, propagate, splay, spread, spread out, unfurl, widen), otvoriti (open, open up, put up, unbar, unbolt, unclench), otkriti (bare, descry, detect, disclose, discover, divulge, dog down, expose, expose smb., let out, reveal, turn up, uncloak, uncover, unearth), odviti (undo, unscrew, unwind). (various references)

Spanish

desplegar (break, deploy, display, expand, open, open out, open up, put forth, reveal, set, shake out, turn on, unfurl). (various references)

Swedish

utveckla (develop, elaborate, evolve, expand, explicate, expound, form, Foster, incubate, procure), avslöja (betray, come clean, debunk, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, lay bare, let on, let out, nail, open, relieve, reveal, spill out, tattle, unclose, uncover, unmask, unveil). (various references)

Turkish

yayılmak (be out at grass, be rife, branch, circulate, diffuse, disperse, effuse, emanate, expand, fan, fan out, get about, get around, get round, go, grow rife, loll, lounge, mushroom, outstretch, overspread, permeate, pervade, ramble, ramp, resound, scatter, splay, sprawl, spread, spread oneself, spread out, stretch), sermek (lay, lay out, let things slide, spread, spread out, stretch), gelişmek (advance, ameliorate, blossom, blossom out, boom, branch out, develop, evolve, expand, flourish, flower, go ahead, grow, grow up, improve, make headway, progress, refine, shape, shape up, thrive), gözler önüne serilmek, açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn on, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind), açılmak (admit smb. into one's confidence, air, bare, be opened, become relaxed, come loose, come open, come undone, disclose one's secret, disentangle, disperse, diverge, effuse, expand, fine, flower, gape, get loose, go up, loosen, loosen up, open, open in, open oneself, open out, open up, recrudesce, refresh, spread, thaw, unbend, uncurl, unfasten, unfurl, unload, untwine, untwist, unwind, work loose, yawn), açıklamak (account, account for, account for smth., clarify, clear, clear up, declare, declassify, deliver oneself, develop, dilate, dot the i's, elucidate, enucleate, evidence, explain, explicate, expound, express, get across, give smth. publicity, impart, intimate, lay open, make smth. clear, plead, render, set up, show, show forth, spit out, state, unclose, unveil). (various references)

Ukrainian

розкривати (accuse, bare, disclose, let on, open, open out, unclothe, uncover, unearth), розгортатися (deploy, escalate, open, unroll, unwrap), розгортати (deploy, escalate, open, open out, unfurl, unroll, unwrap), розпускатися (burgeon, come out). (various references)

Welsh

ymagor (expand, open). (various references)

displicare, edisserat, edissere, evolutae, evolutis, evoluto, evolutus, evolvam, evolvit, explicare, explicita, explicitis, explicuerit. (various references)

despleier, desployer. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "unfold": unfolded, unfolder, unfolders, unfolding, unfoldment, unfoldments, unfolds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Unfold" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nujol, Runfold, unfell, upfold. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fondu, found.

-2 letters: fold, fond, foul, fund, loud, undo.

-3 letters: dol, don, dun, duo, flu, fon, fou, fud, fun, nod, old, oud, udo.

-4 letters: do, lo, no, nu, od, of, on, un.

+1 letter: unfolds.

+2 letters: flounced, flounder, nonfluid, unfoiled, unfolded, unfolder.

+3 letters: flounders, foundling, nonfluids, underflow, unfolders, unfolding, upfolding, wolfhound, wonderful.

+4 letters: confusedly, disulfoton, endosulfan, floribunda, floundered, foundlings, latifundio, outflanked, profoundly, sulfonated, underflows, unfoldment, wolfhounds.

+5 letters: diffusional, disulfotons, dolefulness, endosulfans, floribundas, floundering, fluorinated, hundredfold, latifundios, sulfonamide, unfoldments, wonderfully.

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