unfold

Speech parts

1. unfold - Noun

2. unfold - Verb

Meaning

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

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.

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

To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

open spread extend stretch uncover blossom stretch out blossom out blossom forth dawn unroll surface show occur flow
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Antonyms

fold capote bevel dolman bend oxbow
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Hypernyms

develop reveal undo deform unveil bring out

Hyponyms

grass butterfly exfoliate splay divaricate uncross

Phrases with the word

unfold a tale

Examples

To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind. George Boole

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. Julia Cameron

Happiness is ... the grace of being permitted to unfold ... all the spiritual powers planted within us. Franz Werfel

To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself, that is the first duty of the educator. Maria Montessori

You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are! Eckhart Tolle

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. Erich Fromm

Close letter words and terms

unfoilable unfoiled unfoisted unfold a tale unfoldability unfoldable