Dictionary Entry
unfold
unfold is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
- 4intransitive verb
To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
- 5verb
develop or come to a promising stage
"Youth blossomed into maturity"
Synonyms
- 6verb
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
"open the map"
"spread your arms"
- 7verb
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
"Unfold the newspaper"
"stretch out that piece of cloth"
- 8verb
open to the view
"A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings"
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