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un⋅fold

  [uhn-fohld]
Use unfold in a Sentence
–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, esp. 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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME unfolden, OE unfealdan; c. G entfalten. See un- 2 , fold 1

Related forms:
un⋅fold⋅a⋅ble, adjective
un⋅fold⋅er, noun
un⋅fold⋅ment, noun
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un·fold   (ŭn-fōld')   
v.   un·fold·ed, un·fold·ing, un·folds

v.   tr.

  1. To open and spread out (something folded); extend.

  2. To remove the coverings from; disclose to view.

  3. To reveal gradually by written or spoken explanation; make known.

v.   intr.

    1. To become spread out; open out: Spring flowers unfolded everywhere.

    2. To develop, as if by spreading out: A brilliant career unfolded.

  2. To be revealed gradually to the understanding: A solution to the problem unfolded as they spoke.

un·fold'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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