verb
1.
Synonyms: open 4, expand, extend, fan (out), outspread, outstretch, spread
Antonyms: fold
2.
Synonyms: solve 2, clear up, decipher, dissolve, ||dope out, figure out, puzzle out, resolve, unravel, unriddle
3.
to disclose by degrees to the sight or understanding
shyly she unfolded her hopes for the future
Synonyms: develop, elaborate, evolve
Related Word: demonstrate, evidence, evince, manifest, show; disclose, display, exhibit, expose, reveal