unfold
transitive verb
- to open and spread out (something folded)
- to make known or lay open to view, esp. in stages or little by little; reveal, disclose, display, or explain
intransitive verb
- to become unfolded; open out or open up
- to develop fully
See unfold in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ŭn-fōldˈ)
verb un·fold·ed,
un·fold·ing,
un·folds verb, transitive- To open and spread out (something folded); extend.
- To remove the coverings from; disclose to view.
- To reveal gradually by written or spoken explanation; make known.
verb, intransitivea. To become spread out; open out: Spring flowers unfolded everywhere.
b. To develop, as if by spreading out: A brilliant career unfolded.
- To be revealed gradually to the understanding: A solution to the problem unfolded as they spoke.
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