unfold
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ʌnˈfəʊld/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ʌnˈfoʊld/
- Rhymes: -əʊld
Etymology
From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold.
Verb
unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)
- To undo a folding.
- Herbert
- Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess[1]:
- Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
- to unfold a map; to unfold a tablecloth; she unpacks the new dress and unfolds it carefully
- Herbert
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- 2012 November 8, Scott Tobias, “Memento’s puzzle structure hides big twists and bigger profundities”, in The AV Club[2]:
- Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):, I.v.
- Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
- To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
- William Shakespeare
- Unfold the passion of my love.
- to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science
- William Shakespeare
- To release from a fold or pen.
- to unfold sheep
Antonyms
Translations
To undo a folding
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To turn out to happen; to develop
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To reveal
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Noun
unfold (plural unfolds)
- (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
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