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unfurl

verb
/ʌnˈfəːl/UK/ʌnˈfɝl/US

Etymology

From un- + furl.

  1. derived from ferlier
  2. prefixed as unfurl — “un- + furl”

Definitions

  1. To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.

    • They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.
    • Release the line by pulling down and unfurl the jib by pulling on the two jibsheets.

  2. To roll out or debut anything.

    • When will we be unfurling the new feature?
    • Befitting the gray-brown clothes, bagged eyes, and licorice hair of its figures, Memoir Of A Snail unfurls the spiraling tale of two orphans persevering on Australia’s fringes.

  3. To open up by unrolling.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To turn out or unfold

      To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress.

The neighborhood

  • antonymfurlantonym(s) of “to unroll or release”
  • antonymrollantonym(s) of “to unroll or release”

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unfurl. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unfurl. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at unfurl

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA