UNFURL
Dictionary entry overview: What does unfurl mean? • UNFURL (verb)
The verb UNFURL has 1 sense:
1. unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
Familiarity information: UNFURL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNFURL (verb)
Meaning:
Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
unfurl; unroll
Context example:
unfurl a banner
Hypernyms (to "unfurl" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
roll up (form a cylinder by rolling)
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