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UNFURL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unfurl ... he / she / it unfurls
Past simple: unfurled
Past participle: unfurled
-ing form: unfurling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
Example:
unfurl a banner
Synonyms:
unfurl; unroll
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "unfurl" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
roll up (form a cylinder by rolling)
