unfurl

🇺🇸 /ˌʌnˈfɜːrl/ 🇬🇧 /ˌʌnˈfɜːl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

To open or spread out something that was rolled up or folded.

The sailors unfurled the sails to catch the wind.

translation

v. To open or spread out something that was rolled up or folded.

Word Forms

3rd Present unfurls
Past unfurled
Perfect unfurled
Progressive unfurling

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