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5 words match “UNFURL”

UNFURL v.
To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
HEAVE v.
in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. -- To heave out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it. -- To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. -- To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. -- To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log. -- To…
SOAR v.
mount upward on wings, or as on wings. Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.
SPREAD v. 2 definitions
n breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail. He bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent. Gen. xxxiii. 19. Here the Rhone Hath spread himself a couch. Byron.
STREAM v.
To unfurl. Shak. To stream the buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy.