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unroll

[ uhn-rohl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
to unroll a bolt of fabric.
to lay open; display; reveal.
Obsolete. to strike from a roll or register.

to become unrolled or spread out:
The scrolls unroll easily.
to become continuously visible or apparent:
The landscape unrolled before our eyes.

unroll

/ ʌnˈrəʊl /

to open out or unwind (something rolled, folded, or coiled) or (of something rolled, etc) to become opened out or unwound
to make or become visible or apparent, esp gradually; unfold

Origin of unroll¹

First recorded in 1375–1425, unroll is from the late Middle English word unrollen. See un- ², roll

The steely lake, and the rough-ridged, black-green sea of the fir-tops began to unroll below him.

Soften the leaves by soaking in hot water, unroll carefully and examine with a hand lens or low power of the microscope.

The author began in the previous verse to unroll his magnificent record of the elders.

Then in an instant there seemed to unroll before him the long, slow years of the desolation of that home without Jamie.

Unroll thy long scroll and say, have they won who first reached the goal, heedless of a brother's rights?

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