Definitions for unfold
ʌnˈfoʊldun·fold

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfoldverb

   develop or come to a promising stage

   "Youth blossomed into maturity"

2. unfoldverb

   open to the view

   "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings"

3. unfold, stretch, stretch out, extendverb

   extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

   "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

4. unfold, spread, spread out, openverb

   spread out or open from a closed or folded state

   "open the map"; "spread your arms"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unfoldverb

   To undo a folding.

2. unfoldverb

   To turn out to happen; to develop.

3. unfoldverb

   To reveal.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Unfoldverb

   1. To expand; to spread; to open.

   I saw on him rising
   Out of the water, heav’n above the clouds
   Unfold her crystal doors; thence on his head
   A perfect dove descend. Paradise Regain’d.

   Invade his hissing throat, and winding spires,
   ’Till stretch’d in length th’ unfolded foe retires. Dryden.

   Ah, what avail!
   The vivid green his shining plumes unfold. Alexander Pope.

   Sloth unfolds her arms, and wakes;
   List’ning envy drops her snakes. Alexander Pope, St. Cecilia.

   2. To tell; to declare.

   What tidings with our cousin Buckingham'? ————
   —— Such as my heart doth tremble to unfold. William Shakespeare.

   Unfold to me why you are heavy. William Shakespeare.

   Unfold the passion of my love;
   Surprize her with discourse of my dear faith. William Shakespeare.

   Helen, to you our minds we will unfold. William Shakespeare.

   How comes it thus? Unfold, celestial guide! John Milton.

   Things of deep sense we may in prose unfold;
   But they move more, in lofty numbers told. Wentworth Dillon.

   3. To discover; to reveal.

   Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides,
   Who covers faults, at last with shame derides. William Shakespeare.

   If the object be seen through two or more such convex or concave glasses, every glass shall make a new image, and the object shall appear in the place, and of the bigness of the last image; which consideration unfolds the theory of microscopes and telescopes. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   4. To display; to set to view.

   We are the inhabitants of the earth, and endowed with understanding; doth it then properly belong to us, to examine and unfold the works of God? Burnet.

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1. unfold

   Unfold typically means to open or spread out something that has been folded. In a more abstract sense, it can also refer to revealing or disclosing information or details, or to develop or occur as a series of events or stages.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unfoldverb

   to open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth

2. Unfoldverb

   to open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science

3. Unfoldverb

   to release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep

4. Unfoldverb

   to open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unfold

   un-fōld′, v.t. to open the folds of: to release from a fold: to spread out: to tell.—v.i. to spread open, expand, develop.—ns. Unfold′er; Unfold′ing; Unfold′ment.

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1. Unfold

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1. • Change Shape
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How to pronounce unfold?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say unfold in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unfold in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unfold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of unfold in a Sentence

1. Matthew Dowd:

   If the Republicans take the Congress back, and the Senate, in 2022, and we have a presidential election unfold then I think we are at the point where our democracy is failed.

2. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi:

   It makes you sad to watch all of that unfold. But again the public needs to understand we have to have the total picture and that is what investigators are looking at.

3. Kasia Sawicka:

   The protein is a 3-D structure with the ability to fold and unfold.

4. Marc Lipsitch:

   I have said for a long time that when you are trying to understand how infectious disease is going to unfold, you should rely on history as well as models.

5. Esther George:

   The structure of the economy changes over time, and it will be important to adapt to new circumstances rather than adhere to a rigid formulation of policy reactions, with a tremendous amount of fiscal stimulus flowing through the economy, the landscape could unfold quite differently than the one that shaped the thinking.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unfold
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unfold
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unfold
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfold
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=unfold
7. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/unfold