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UK
/ʌnfˈɜːl/
]
[ US /ənˈfɝɫ/ ]
[ US /ənˈfɝɫ/ ]
VERB
-
unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
unfurl a banner
How To Use unfurl In A Sentence
- As it was said, a flagpole had a horizontal slat on the top so that it could be possible to unfurl the flag wide.
- Meanwhile the red ribbon was slowly unfurling like a red cloud and then a crimson sea.
- I slow the line as it zips through my left hand and the leader begins to unfurl. Times, Sunday Times
- She reached out and grasped the silk, gasping as it unfurled into a thin cloak, shimmering softly.
- He unfurled the blanket insulation over the concertina wire and scrambled over the fence as a Doberman streaked toward him, snarling. THE KILL CLAUSE
- We are going to get out there and we are going to unfurl our umbrellas and eat our cupcakes in the rain. The Sun
- But the action really worth watching will unfurl where delegates and lobbyists come face to face with actual unmasked New Yorkers, who will demand accountability.
- I mustered the entire caravan outside the tembe, our flags and streamers were unfurled, the men had their loads resting on the walls, there was considerable shouting, and laughing, and negroidal fanfaronnade. How I Found Livingstone
- A Palestinian flag was unfurled at the site, and some of the demonstrators threw firecrackers at the building. Egypt to withdraw ambassador to Israel over ambush
- It was not enough to fill the sail, and it was raised soon after it was unfurled, and the heaving on the oars continued.