unfurl, unroll
(verb) unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; “unfurl a banner”
unwind, wind off, unroll
(verb) reverse the winding or twisting of; “unwind a ball of yarn”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
unroll (third-person singular simple present unrolls, present participle unrolling, simple past and past participle unrolled)
(transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
(intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
(transitive, programming, compilation) To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.
Synonym: unwind
Source: Wiktionary
Un*roll", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also unrol.]
1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.
2. To display; to reveal. Dryden.
3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name. If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
