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- pronunciation:
- uhn
fold
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
unfolds, unfolding, unfolded |
| definition 1: |
to open or spread out from a folded condition.
She carefully unfolded the map.
- synonyms:
- open, spread
- antonyms:
- fold
- similar words:
- develop, expand, extend, fan, straighten, unfurl, unroll
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| definition 2: |
to reveal, develop, or make known or clear, esp. by explanation, narration, or the like.
The police finally unfolded to the press the mystery of the man's disappearance.- synonyms:
- develop, reveal
- similar words:
- bare, disclose, divulge, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, present, recount, uncover
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| related words: |
amplify, open, spread, stretch |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become open or spread out.
- synonyms:
- open, spread
- antonyms:
- fold
- similar words:
- expand, extend, fan, straighten, uncoil, unfurl, unroll
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| definition 2: |
to be or become revealed or known, esp. by explanation, narration, or the like.
The story unfolds slowly at first.- synonyms:
- develop
- similar words:
- expand, open, proceed
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| related words: |
amplify, break, develop, spread |
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