unfurl
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/ʌnˈfəːl/
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/ʌnˈfəːl/ · /ʌnˈfɝl/
Definition of unfurl
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
“They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.”
“Release the line by pulling down and unfurl the jib by pulling on the two jibsheets.”
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verb
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To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
“They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.”
“Release the line by pulling down and unfurl the jib by pulling on the two jibsheets.”
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(figuratively)To roll out or debut anything.
“When will we be unfurling the new feature?”
“Befitting the gray-brown clothes, bagged eyes, and licorice hair of its figures, Memoir Of A Snail unfurls the spiraling tale of two orphans persevering on Australia’s fringes.”
- (intransitive)To open up by unrolling.
- (figuratively, intransitive)To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From un- + furl.
Words you can make from unfurl
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