Definitions for unrollʌnˈroʊl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
un•rollʌnˈroʊl(v.t.)
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled).
to lay open; display; reveal.
Obs. to strike from a roll or register.
(v.i.)to become unrolled or spread out.
to become continuously visible or apparent.
Origin of unroll:
1375–1425
Princeton's WordNet
unwind, wind off, unroll(verb)
reverse the winding or twisting of
"unwind a ball of yarn"
unfurl, unroll(verb)
unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
"unfurl a banner"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
unroll(verb)ʌnˈroʊl
to make sth that has been in a roll lie flat
Unroll the sleeping bag.
Wiktionary
unroll(Verb)
To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.
unroll(Verb)
To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
We will have to see how the events unroll.
unroll(Verb)
To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.
Origin: From un- + roll.
Webster Dictionary
Unroll(verb)
to open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner
Unroll(verb)
to display; to reveal
Unroll(verb)
to remove from a roll or register, as a name
Translations for unroll
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- afrol, uitrolAfrikaans

- يَبْسُط، يَنْشُرArabic

- развивамBulgarian

- estenderPortuguese (BR)

- rozvinout (se)Czech

- entrollenGerman

- rulle udDanish

- ξετυλίγωGreek

- desenrollarSpanish

- lahti rullimaEstonian

- باز کردنFarsi

- levittääFinnish

- (se) déroulerFrench

- לִפרוֹשׂHebrew

- खुल जानाHindi

- odmotatiCroatian

- kigöngyölHungarian

- membuka gulunganIndonesian

- rúlla útIcelandic

- srotolareItalian

- 広げるJapanese

- 감긴 것을 풀다Korean

- išvyniotiLithuanian

- atritinātLatvian

- membuka gulunganMalay

- uitrollenDutch

- rulle utNorwegian

- rozwinąćPolish

- estenderPortuguese

- a (se) desfaceRomanian

- развёртывать; раскатыватьRussian

- rozvinúť (sa)Slovak

- odvitiSlovenian

- razmotati rolnuSerbian

- rulla utSwedish

- คลี่ออกThai

- açmak, yaymakTurkish

- 展開(捲起的東西)Chinese (Trad.)

- розгортатиUkrainian

- کھولناUrdu

- trải, mở raVietnamese

- 展开(卷起的东西),解开Chinese (Simp.)

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