Unfurl

Definition: Unfurl

Unfurl

Verb

1. Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner".

Date "unfurl" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Synonym: Unfurl

Synonym: unroll (v). (additional references)

Antonym: roll up (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Evolution	Verb: evolve; unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel; untangle, disentangle; develop.
Indication	Wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner; Noun: wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue; (inform); show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry.
Manifestation	Verb: make manifest, render manifest; Adjective: bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, show up; expose; produce; hold up to view, expose to view; set before one, place before one, lay before one, one's eyes; tell to one's face; trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display, demonstrate, unroll; lay open; draw out, bring out; bring out in strong relief; call into notice, bring into notice; hold up the mirror; wear one's heart upon his sleeve; show one's face, show one's colors; manifest oneself; speak out; make no mystery, make no secret of; unfurl the flag; proclaim; (publish).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unfurl

English words defined with "unfurl": aloft ♦ To heave out a sail, To loose sails, To set sail, To spread cloth. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It is despots and tryants who run our rivers red with the colors of a hundred trampled flags that unfurl in the winds of liberty, blowing over centuries of deprivation (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon)
Lyrics	And let the truth unfurl (Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; performing artist: Michael Jackson) Watch the day unfurl (My Way Out; performing artist: Usher)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	When World War threatened civilization we pledged our resources and our lives to its preservation, and when revolution threatens we unfurl the flag of law and order and renew our consecration.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Unfurl" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 72.22% of the time. "Unfurl" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	72.22%	13	97,576
Lexical Verb (base form)	27.78%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	18	N/A

Expression using "unfurl": unfurl the flag. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "unfurl"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shpalos (display, expand, flourish, open, spread, unfold), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk). (various references)

Arabic		‏فتح مظلة, ‏نشر راية, ‏تجلى للعيان (unfold), ‏أبدى للعيان (disclose, display, unbosom, visualize). (various references)

Bulgarian		разгъвам (evolve, scan, shake out, unfold, unroll), развивам (cultivate, develop, do, educate, evolve, make, pay out, push, uncoil, unfold, ungird, unreel, unroll, unswathe, unwind, unwrap, wind off, work up), разпростирам (outspread, overspread). (various references)

Chinese		松开 (unscrew). (various references)

Czech		rozvinout (array, deploy, develop, evolve, fill out, set sail, spread, uncoil, unfold, unroll). (various references)

Farsi		گشودن (Inaugurate, Open, Unhinge, Unlace, Untie, Untwine, Untwist), بادبان گستردن . (various references)

French		se déployer, déployer (unfold). (various references)

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

Greek		ξεδιπλώνω (unfold, unwrap). (various references)

Hebrew		לפרוש (cast a net, expand, extend, spread, stretch out). (various references)

Hungarian		kigöngyöl (to uncoil, to unroll), kibont (extricate, let down, loosen, to break open, to disassemble, to disentangle, to loose, to loosen, to solve, to unfold, to unfurl, to unknot, to unloose, to unpin, to untie, to untwist, uncurl, undo, unpin, unwrap). (various references)

Indonesian		membeber (open up, reveal), babar (spread). (various references)

Italian		spiegare (account for, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, enucleate, explain, explain oneself, expound, interpret, project, read, solve, spread, spread out, to explain, unfold). (various references)

Manx		skeaylley (bestrew, breed, cast loose, demobilization, diffract, diffuse, diffusion, disband, discharge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissipation, dissolution, dissolve, draw apart, drop away, leakage, liquidate, looseness, release, resolution, resolve, run out, scatter, scattering, scramble, slacken, slackening, slip, spread, spreading, spring, sprinkle, sprinkling, undoing, unfix, unfurling), neufilley (devolution, devolve, unfold, unfold as clothing). (various references)

Pig Latin		urlunfay

Portuguese		desfraldar (furl, spread, spread out, unroll). (various references)

Romanian		desface (cleave, disassemble, disconnect, disentangle, dismantle, dissolve, free, knock down, loose, loosen, open, outstretch, pick up, pry, sever, sprawl, spread, unbind, uncouple, undo, unfold, unlace, unloose, unravel, unrig, untie), desfãşura (develop, evolve, show, spread, stream, unfold). (various references)

Russian		развертывать (deploy, deploying, evolve, unfold, unroll, unwrap). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		razviti (build up, deploy, develop, evolve, mature, pioneer, uncase), razmotati (unfold, unswathe, unwind, unwrap), raspeti (crucify), raširiti (broaden, diffuse, disseminate, fill, propagate, splay, spread, spread out, unfold, widen). (various references)

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

Swedish		veckla ut. (various references)

Turkish		göz önüne sermek (display, unroll), fora etmek (unbend, unmoor, unship), 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, unfold, 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, unfold, unload, untwine, untwist, unwind, work loose, yawn). (various references)

Ukrainian		розгортати (deploy, escalate, open, open out, unfold, unroll, unwrap), розпускати (break up, disband, disembody, disincorporate, dissolve, loose, unbridle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "unfurl": unfurled, unfurling, unfurls. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Unfurl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ufu, unfrul, unfunl, unpubl. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-l-n-r-u-u"
	-2 letters: furl, nurl.
	-3 letters: flu, fun, fur, run, ulu, urn.
	-4 letters: nu, un.
	Words containing the letters "f-l-n-r-u-u"
	+1 letter: unfurls.
	+2 letters: frenulum, furuncle, mournful, trunkful, unartful, unfurled.
	+3 letters: frenulums, fulgurant, funicular, furuncles, sulfuring, trunkfuls, trunksful, unfurling, unrestful, unruffled.
	+4 letters: fraudulent, funiculars, mournfully, ruefulness, unfruitful, ungraceful, ungrateful, unmerciful, untruthful.
	+5 letters: desulfuring, fraudulence, fulgurating, fulguration, furloughing, hurtfulness, mournfuller, ruthfulness, sulfureting, sulfurizing, unfrivolous.
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