unroll

  • 1Unroll — Un*roll , v. t. [1st pref. un + roll.] [Written also {unrol}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner. [1913 Webster] 2. To display; to reveal. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To remove from a …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2unroll — index spread Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3unroll — (v.) early 15c., from UN (Cf. un ) (2) + ROLL (Cf. roll) (v.). Related: Unrolled; unrolling …

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  • 4unroll — ► VERB ▪ open or cause to open out from a rolled up state …

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  • 5unroll — [unrōl′] vt. 1. to open or extend (something rolled up) 2. to present to view; display 3. Obs. to remove from a roll or list vi. to become unrolled …

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  • 6unroll — /un rohl /, v.t. 1. to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled): to unroll a bolt of fabric. 2. to lay open; display; reveal. 3. Obs. to strike from a roll or register. v.i. 4. to become unrolled or spread out: The scrolls unroll easily. 5 …

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  • 7unroll — verb a) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent. b) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to …

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  • 8unroll — UK [ʌnˈrəʊl] / US [ʌnˈroʊl] verb [transitive] Word forms unroll : present tense I/you/we/they unroll he/she/it unrolls present participle unrolling past tense unrolled past participle unrolled to open out something such as a carpet or a large… …

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  • 9unroll — verb Unroll is used with these nouns as the object: ↑mat …

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  • 10unroll — [[t]ʌ̱nro͟ʊl[/t]] unrolls, unrolling, unrolled V ERG If you unroll something such as a sheet of paper or cloth, or if it unrolls, it opens up and becomes flat when it was previously rolled in a cylindrical shape. [V n] I unrolled my sleeping bag… …

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