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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
un·roll       [uhn-rohl] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled): to unroll a bolt of fabric.
2.to lay open; display; reveal.
3.Obsolete. to strike from a roll or register.
–verb (used without object)
4.to become unrolled or spread out: The scrolls unroll easily.
5.to become continuously visible or apparent: The landscape unrolled before our eyes.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME unrollen. See un-2, roll]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
un·roll       (ŭn-rōl')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   un·rolled, un·roll·ing, un·rolls

v.   tr.
  1. To unwind and open (something rolled up).
  2. To unfold and present to view; reveal.

v.   intr.
To become unrolled.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
unroll 
1412, from un- (2) + roll (v.).

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
unroll

verb
1. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" [syn: unwind] [ant: roll
2. unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn: unfurl] [ant: roll up

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Unroll

Un*roll"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also unrol.]

1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.

2. To display; to reveal. --Dryden.

3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.

If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! --Shak.

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