unfurl

un·furl

verb \-ˈfər(-ə)l\

Definition of UNFURL

transitive verb

: to release from a furled state

intransitive verb

: to open out from or as if from a furled state : unfold

Examples of UNFURL

1. <after the protestors had unfurled their banner, it stretched from one side of the visitors' gallery to the other>

First Known Use of UNFURL

1641

Related to UNFURL

Synonyms: expand, extend, fan (out), flare (out), outspread, outstretch, spread (out), stretch (out), unfold, open

Antonyms: close, contract, fold

Related Words: overspread

Near Antonyms: compact, compress, condense, reduce

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Rhymes with UNFURL

ball girl, bat girl, B-girl, call girl, pin curl, spit curl