unfold

English

/ʌnˈfəʊld/, /ʌnˈfoʊld/

verb
Definitions
  • To undo a folding.
  • (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
  • (transitive) To reveal.
  • To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
  • To release from a fold or pen.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unfolden inherited from Old English unfealdan (unfold) prefix from English fold.

Origin

English

fold

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