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Synonyms for unfold
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhn-fohld |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfoʊld |
Top 10 synonyms for unfold Other synonyms for the word unfold
- announce
- bear fruit
- clarify
- clear up
- decipher
- describe
- disclose
- discover
- disentangle
- display
- divulge
- dope out
- elaborate
- elucidate
- evidence
- evince
- expand
- explain
- explicate
- expose
- extend
- fan
- fan out
- figure out
- flatten
- loosen
- manifest
- mature
- open
- outspread
- outstretch
- present
- publish
- reel out
- release
- shake out
- show
- straighten
- unbend
- uncoil
- uncover
- uncrease
- uncurl
- undo
- unravel
- unroll
- untwist
- unwind
- unwrap
Définition of unfold
Origin :- Old English unfealdan, "to open or unwrap the folds of," also figuratively, "to disclose, reveal," from un- (2) "opposite of" + fold (v.). Cf. Middle Dutch ontvouden, German entfalten. Intransitive sense is attested from late 14c. Related: Unfolded; unfolding.
- verb spread out
- verb make known
- verb develop
- As I was about to unfold these projects at breakfast, a telegram was handed to me.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- There is essential goodness in him;—and what delight to unfold it!
- Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
- The brethren whose mysteries I am about to unfold to you are far more ingenious.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- I could a tale, or two, unfold, but that—that's another volume.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- Even the most backward among the trees had commenced to unfold their buds.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- “Doctor”—with his eyes on the paper, which he had begun to unfold.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- A hint of a clue to the creature's action began to unfold in his mind.
- Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
- The questions should seek to unfold new phases of the subject.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- She proceeded to unfold it, and then put it over my head, smiling all the time.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Anderson was convinced that the bed of that slough, if uncovered, could unfold a tale.
- Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth
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