unroll

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb reverse the winding or twisting of
verb unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state

From un- + roll.

Bantam Lyons’s yellow blacknailed fingers unrolled the baton. — Ulysses, James Joyce
Vast perspectives of success unroll themselves before my eyes. — The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
Every five minutes a new river scene unrolls itself. — From Edinburgh to India & Burmah, W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch

unwind, wind off

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