UNFURL


Meaning of UNFURL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnfɜ:(r)l ]

( unfurls, unfurling, unfurled)

1.

If you unfurl something rolled or folded such as an umbrella, sail, or flag, you open it, so that it is spread out. You can also say that it unfurls .

Once outside the inner breakwater, we began to unfurl all the sails.

...two weeks later when the leaves unfurl.

VERB : V n , V

2.

If you say that events, stories, or scenes unfurl before you, you mean that you are aware of them or can see them as they happen or develop.

...as the dramatic changes in Europe continue to unfurl.

= unfold

VERB : V

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