[syn: unfurl, unroll]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unroll \Un*roll"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also
unrol.]
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1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll
cloth; to unroll a banner.
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2. To display; to reveal. --Dryden.
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3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
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If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let
me be unrolled and my name put in the book of
virtue! --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unroll
v 1: reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"
[syn: unwind, wind off, unroll] [ant: roll,
twine, wind, wrap]
2: unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or
spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn:
unfurl, unroll] [ant: roll up, wrap up]