UNROLL

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


Etymology

Verb

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



RESET




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STRAP

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