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un·furl
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ʌnˈfɜrl
/
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furl
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verb (used with object)
1.
to spread or shake out from a
furled
state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become unfurled.
Origin:
1635–45;
un-
2
+
furl
Related forms
un·furl·a·ble,
adjective
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unfurl
(ʌnˈfɜːl)
—
vb
to unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
unfurl
1640s, from
un-
(2) +
furl
(v.). Related: unfurled, unfurling.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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