Unfurl

Word UNFURL
Character 6
Hyphenation un furl
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Definitions and meanings of "Unfurl"

What do we mean by unfurl?

To spread or open (something) out or become spread or opened out. transitive & intransitive verb

To spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag.

Figuratively, to disclose; display.

To be spread out or expanded; open to the wind.

To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread verb

To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. verb

To roll out or debut anything. verb

To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress. verb

Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state verb

To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.

To roll out or debut anything.

To open up by unrolling.

To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unfurl

The word "unfurl" in example sentences

Maybe I'm inured from years of baseball games and seeing the red, white, and blue unfurl from the Symphony Hall ceiling every time the Pops plays "The Stars and Stripes Forever," but any flag that every side can convincingly wrap itself in doesn't bug me that much, Eddie Izzard's warnings notwithstanding. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2007)

Then Barbara Bush is called in, and as she straddles Rush's face and looses the girdle, her two labia "unfurl" and reach "halfway down to her knees, like some big ball-less scrotum" ... ❋ Subradar (2005)

The bonnie flags were a 'unfurl'd, a gallant sight to see, ❋ Various (N/A)

It was good mental exercise, sitting still and letting the world unfurl. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Seeing, in April, hostas unfurl like arias, and tulips, white cups inscribed with licks of flame, gaze feverish, grown almost to my waist, and the oak raise new leaves for benediction, ❋ Unknown (2009)

I look at her quizzically, unfurl myself from underneath and reach for the bowl. ❋ Andrea Preziotti (2011)

While the Jewish DPs strove to rebuild their shattered lives and played a critical role in the struggle to establish the State of Israel, the non-Jewish DPs had no clear ideological or other mission other than to exist while waiting, mostly passively, for the next chapter of their lives to unfurl. ❋ Menachem Rosensaft (2011)

This is not to say that Conn's history wanders from its purpose -- to unfurl the many writers producing work in the 1930s. ❋ Joe Woodward (2011)

For the first part of service, while most of the dishes are coming out of Pastry or Cold Station, eight or ten stagiaires on the center table carefully lift a petal from its draining rack, unfurl it once again, press all but its tip to the plate, and gradually form one circle, then another inside it, and a third inside that. ❋ Lisa Abend (2011)

Friedman continues to work in Pasadena and rack up mileage to Moscow, determined to keep his Russian-American team together, to raise another $4 million, to build Cosmos 2, and, if possible, to unfurl its silver sails before — well, a little after — this decade is out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his 80-page Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth and their Proper Remedies (1833) Solyman Brown, a New Englander, dentist and graduate of Yale, sought to offer reassurance, though his lines nevertheless unfurl a gloomy vista: ❋ Unknown (2009)

He was carrying a crisply folded square of bright yellow material, which he tossed toward her, the momentum of his throw causing it to unfurl partially. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

If unchecked, the Tea Party's vehement views that collapse racial righteousness and concerns for the economy has the potential to unfurl into a white nativist movement whose target will not only be federal policies that seek to treat structural discrimination against minorities but minorities themselves. ❋ Noura Erakat (2010)

Speculation is rife that the Fed chief could unfurl new measures to stimulate the economy. ❋ Javier E. David (2011)

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