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un⋅roll

  [uhn-rohl]
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–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
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un·roll   (ŭn-rōl')   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

unroll 
1412, from un- (2) + roll (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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