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unfold
verb un·fold \-ˈfōld\
: to spread or cause (something) to spread or straighten out from a folded position
: to happen as time passes
: to be told or made known
Full Definition of UNFOLD
transitive verb
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2
: to open to the view : reveal; especially : to make clear by gradual disclosure and often by recital
intransitive verb
3
: to open out gradually to the view or understanding : become known <a panorama unfolds before their eyes>
— un·fold·ment \-ˈfōl(d)-mənt\ noun
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First Known Use of UNFOLD
before 12th century
Related to UNFOLD
- Synonyms
- expand, extend, fan (out), flare (out), outspread, outstretch, spread (out), stretch (out), open, unfurl
Rhymes with UNFOLD
acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold
UNFOLD Defined for Kids
unfold
verb un·fold \ˌən-ˈfōld\
un·fold·edun·fold·ing
Definition of UNFOLD for Kids
1
: to open the folds of : open up <Carefully unfold the map.>
2
: to lay open to view or understanding : reveal <… Roscuro went on unfolding, step by step, his diabolical plan … — Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux>
3
: to develop gradually <We learn the secret as the story unfolds.>
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