(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ 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 ~s.
Once outside the inner breakwater, we began to ~ all the sails.
...two weeks later when the leaves ~.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If you say that events, stories, or scenes ~ 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 ~.
= unfold
VERB: V