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unfold
verb
1 unfold
Develop or come to a promising stage.
synonyms: blossom, blossom forth, blossom out.
Roget 522:
interpret,
explain,
define,
construe,
translate,
render;
do into,
turn into;
transfuse the sense of.
find out
etc.
480.1
the meaning of,
etc.
516
read;
spell out,
make out;
decipher,
unravel,
disentangle;
find the key of,
enucleate,
resolve,
solve;
read between the lines.
account for;
find the cause,
tell the cause of
etc.
153;
throw light upon,
shed light upon,
shed new light upon,
shed fresh light upon;
clear up,
clarify,
elucidate.
illustrate,
exemplify;
unfold,
expound,
comment upon,
annotate;
popularize
etc.
(render intelligible)
518.
take in a particular sense,
understand in a particular sense,
receive in a particular sense,
accept in a particular sense;
understand by,
put a construction on,
be given to understand.
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Roget 313:
counter-rotate,
evolve;
unfold,
unroll,
unwind,
uncoil,
untwist,
unfurl,
untwine,
unravel;
untangle,
disentangle;
develop.
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Roget 246:
be straight
etc.
adj.;
have no turning;
not incline to either side,
not bend to either side,
not turn to either side,
not deviate to either side;
go straight;
steer for
etc.
(directions)
278.
render straight,
straighten,
rectify;
set straight,
put straight;
unbend,
unfold,
uncurl
etc.
248,
unravel
etc.
219,
unwrap.
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2 unfold
3 unfold
4 unfold
Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.
synonyms: open, spread, spread out.
Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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Dutch: ontvouwen, openvouwen, uitvouwen
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