Unfold

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo undo a folding.

"to unfold a map; to unfold a tablecloth; She unpacks the new dress and unfolds it carefully."

2.VerbTo become unfolded.

"The curtains unfolded to reveal the stage."

3.VerbTo turn out; to happen; to develop.

"Events unfolded in an unexpected way."

4.VerbTo lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.

"to unfold one's designs;  to unfold the principles of a science"

5.VerbTo reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.

6.NounIn functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.

7.VerbTo release from a fold or pen.

"to unfold sheep"

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