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unfurl
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un·furl
/
ʌnˈfɜrl
/
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uhn-
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
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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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Example sentences
We
unfurl
the flag of a nation which has never wronged any other people, and
will submit to wrong from none.
As air is pumped through the veins, the wings
unfurl
and straighten.
And then rain falls again, and the blooms
unfurl
wild color and vitality.
Each graduate can properly place an injured worker on a stretcher or expertly
unfurl
a fire hose.
These structural elements
unfurl
into a long tubular shape, thus forming a deployed beam.
Later in the spring, white oak leaves will
unfurl
in a gray-pink-green pastel that is quite distinctive-and beautiful.
The wings
unfurl
and the dragonfly rests as it dries.
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