blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold
(verb) develop or come to a promising stage; “Youth blossomed into maturity”
unfold, spread, spread out, open
(verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state; “open the map”; “spread your arms”
unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend
(verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; “Unfold the newspaper”; “stretch out that piece of cloth”; “extend the TV antenna”
unfold
(verb) open to the view; “A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)
To undo a folding.
(intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
(transitive) To reveal.
To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
To release from a fold or pen.
• (to reveal): expose, uncover; see also reveal
• fold
unfold (plural unfolds)
(computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*fold", v. t. Etym: [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. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert.
2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science. Unfold the passion of my love. Shak.
3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
Un*fold", v. i.
Definition: To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed. The wind blows cold While the morning doth unfold. J. Fletcher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
