un·fold

[uhn-fohld]
verb (used with object)
1.
to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out: Unfold your arms.
2.
to spread out or lay open to view.
3.
to reveal or display.
4.
to reveal or disclose in words, especially by careful or systematic exposition; set forth; explain.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become unfolded; open.
6.
to develop.
7.
to become clear, apparent, or known: The protagonist's character unfolds as the story reaches its climax.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English unfolden, Old English unfealdan; cognate with German entfalten. See un-2, fold1

Related forms
un·fold·a·ble, adjective
un·fold·er, noun
un·fold·ment, noun
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unfold (ʌnˈfəʊld) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb
1.  to open or spread out or be opened or spread out from a folded state
2.  to reveal or be revealed: the truth unfolds
3.  to develop or expand or be developed or expanded
 
un'folder
 
—n

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unfold
O.E. unfealdan, "to open or unwrap the folds of," also fig., "to disclose, reveal," from un- (2) + fold (v.). Cf. M.Du. ontvouden, Ger. entfalten. Refl. sense is attested from late 14c.
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Example sentences
My deeper aim, though, was to allow an organic conversation to unfold.
It's easy to think that proteins ought to fold more quickly as they cool down
  and then unfold more quickly as they heat up.
Watching the landscape unfold is reason enough to travel this road.
The space-station project will unfold in a series of planned launches over the
  next ten years.
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