[
US
/ənˈfoʊɫd/
]
[ UK /ʌnfˈəʊld/ ]
[ UK /ʌnfˈəʊld/ ]
VERB
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open to the view
A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings -
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
spread your arms
open the map -
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
Unfold the newspaper
extend the TV antenna
stretch out that piece of cloth -
develop or come to a promising stage
Youth blossomed into maturity
How To Use unfold In A Sentence
- Although there are a couple of jarring transitions, the bulk of the movie unfolds with organic clarity.
- First to unfold were the two 14-foot-wide drogue chutes, which oriented the craft and continued slowing it.
- The conceptus, like the infant, the child, and the adolescent, is a being who is in the process of unfolding its potential; that is, the potential to grow and develop itself but not to change what it is.
- Had his career unfolded more smoothly he may not have developed the physique which will muscle him into Vogts' squad.
- As the tragedy unfolded, the eyewitness tried to find a lifebuoy.
- The shop-owner, hoping to raise the price to a round figure, pulled the rickshaw in and out of the shed, folded and unfolded the hood and sounded the horn, singing the vehicle's praises all the time.
- Grape leaves are a narrative dish: each ingredient speaks as the package unfolds, containing multitudes, little edible matryoshka dolls. Day of Honey
- We are grateful for the tolerance and humanity of the court panel as the trial unfolded.
- The council is understood to be concerned that fingers could become trapped when the scooter is folded or unfolded.
- Reno unfolded herself, pushed her bulk out of the car, and peeled her dresses off the back seat.
