'Unfold' definitions:
Definition of 'unfold'
From: WordNet
verb
Develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" [syn: blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold]
verb
Open to the view; "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings"
verb
Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [syn: unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend]
verb
Definition of 'Unfold'
From: GCIDE
- Unfold \Un*fold"\, v. i. To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed. [1913 Webster]
- The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Unfold'
From: GCIDE
- Unfold \Un*fold"\, v. t. [AS. unfealdan. See 1st Un-, and Fold, v. t.]
- 1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. [1913 Webster]
- Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science. [1913 Webster]
- Unfold the passion of my love. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unfold'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- affect,
- allegorize,
- amplify,
- attend,
- bare,
- be revealed,
- become of,
- betoken,
- branch,
- branch out,
- brandish,
- break the seal,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to light,
- bring to notice,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- come about,
- come of,
- come out,
- crack,
- dangle,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- deobstruct,
- deploy,
- descant,
- detail,
- develop,
- dilate,
- disclose,
- discover,
- dismask,
- disperse,
- display,
- dissolve,
- divulge,
- dope out,
- dramatize,
- draw the veil,
- elaborate,
- elucidate,
- embody,
- enact,
- end,
- enlarge,
- enlarge upon,
- enlighten,
- ensue,
- euhemerize,
- eventuate,
- evidence,
- evince,
- evolve,
- exemplify,
- exhibit,
- expand,
- expatiate,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- expose,
- expose to view,
- exposit,
- expound,
- express,
- extend,
- fall out,
- fan,
- fan out,
- fare,
- figure out,
- flare,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- follow,
- free,
- give reason for,
- give sign,
- give the meaning,
- give token,
- happen,
- highlight,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- impart,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- issue,
- lay bare,
- lay open,
- let daylight in,
- let out,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mean,
- occur,
- open,
- open up,
- outspread,
- outstretch,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- pan out,
- parade,
- particularize,
- patefy,
- perform,
- popularize,
- present,
- produce,
- prove,
- prove to be,
- puzzle out,
- raise the curtain,
- ramify,
- rationalize,
- rehearse in extenso,
- relate at large,
- represent,
- resolve,
- result,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- set forth,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show forth,
- show how,
- show the way,
- show up,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spell out,
- splay,
- spotlight,
- spraddle,
- sprangle,
- sprawl,
- spread,
- spread like wildfire,
- spread out,
- straighten out,
- stretch out,
- strip bare,
- take place,
- terminate,
- throw light upon,
- token,
- trot out,
- turn out,
- unblock,
- uncase,
- unclench,
- uncloak,
- unclog,
- unclutch,
- uncoil,
- uncork,
- uncover,
- uncurtain,
- undo,
- undrape,
- unfoul,
- unfurl,
- unkennel,
- unlatch,
- unlock,
- unmask,
- unpack,
- unplug,
- unravel,
- unreel,
- unriddle,
- unroll,
- unscreen,
- unseal,
- unsheathe,
- unshroud,
- unshut,
- unstop,
- unveil,
- unwind,
- unwrap,
- wave,
- widen,
- work out