unfold

unfold
Synonyms and related words:
account for, affect, allegorize, amplify, attend, bare, be revealed, become of, betoken, branch, branch out, brandish, break the seal, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to light, bring to notice, clarify, clear, clear up, come about, come of, come out, crack, dangle, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, deobstruct, deploy, descant, detail, develop, dilate, disclose, discover, dismask, disperse, display, dissolve, divulge, dope out, dramatize, draw the veil, elaborate, elucidate, embody, enact, end, enlarge, enlarge upon, enlighten, ensue, euhemerize, eventuate, evidence, evince, evolve, exemplify, exhibit, expand, expatiate, explain, explain away, explicate, expose, expose to view, exposit, expound, express, extend, fall out, fan, fan out, fare, figure out, flare, flaunt, flourish, follow, free, give reason for, give sign, give the meaning, give token, happen, highlight, illuminate, illustrate, impart, incarnate, indicate, issue, lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, make clear, make plain, manifest, materialize, mean, occur, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, pan out, parade, particularize, patefy, perform, popularize, present, produce, prove, prove to be, puzzle out, raise the curtain, ramify, rationalize, rehearse in extenso, relate at large, represent, resolve, result, reveal, roll out, set forth, shed light upon, show, show forth, show how, show the way, show up, simplify, solve, spell out, splay, spotlight, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, straighten out, stretch out, strip bare, take place, terminate, throw light upon, token, trot out, turn out, unblock, uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclutch, uncoil, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unpack, unplug, unravel, unreel, unriddle, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop, unveil, unwind, unwrap, wave, widen, work out

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Unfold — Un*fold , v. t. [AS. unfealdan. See 1st {Un }, and {Fold}, v. t.] 1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. [1913 Webster] Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To open, as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Unfold — may refer to:* Unfoldable cardinal, in math * Unfold (higher order function), in computer science a family of anamorphism functions * Unfoldment, in spirituality and physics * Unfolded protein response, in biochemistry * Equilibrium unfolding, in …   Wikipedia

  • Unfold — au Rock Altitude Festival en 2011. Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • unfold — 1 Unfold, evolve, develop, elaborate, perfect can all mean to cause something to emerge from a state where its potentialities are not apparent or not realized into a state where they are apparent or fully realized. Unfold suggests usually a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • unfold — [v1] spread out disentangle, display, expand, extend, fan, fan out, flatten, loosen, open, outspread, outstretch, reel out, release, shake out, spread, straighten, stretch out, unbend, uncoil, uncrease, uncurl, undo, unfurl, unravel, unroll,… …   New thesaurus

  • Unfold — Un*fold , v. i. To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed. [1913 Webster] The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unfold — [unfōld′] vt. [ME unfolden < OE unfealdan < un , UN + fealdan, to FOLD1] 1. to open and spread out (something folded) 2. to make known or lay open to view, esp. in stages or little by little; reveal, disclose, display, or explain vi. 1. to… …   English World dictionary

  • unfold — index bare, betray (disclose), clarify, construe (translate), crystallize, denude, deploy …   Law dictionary

  • unfold — (v.) O.E. unfealdan, to open or unwrap the folds of, also figuratively, to disclose, reveal, from UN (Cf. un ) (2) opposite of + FOLD (Cf. fold) (v.). Cf. M.Du. ontvouden, Ger. entfalten. Intransitive sense is attested from late 14c. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • unfold — ► VERB 1) open or spread out from a folded position. 2) reveal or be revealed …   English terms dictionary

  • unfold — UK [ʌnˈfəʊld] / US [ʌnˈfoʊld] verb Word forms unfold : present tense I/you/we/they unfold he/she/it unfolds present participle unfolding past tense unfolded past participle unfolded 1) a) [transitive] to open something that was folded Lewis… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”