UNFOLD

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert.

2.
v.

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. Unfold the passion of my love. Shak.

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed. The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. J. Fletcher.

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