UNROLL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they unroll ... he / she / it unrolls

Past simple: unrolled

Past participle: unrolled

-ing form: unrolling

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state

Example:

unfurl a banner

Synonyms:

unfurl; unroll

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "unroll" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reverse the winding or twisting of

Example:

unwind a ball of yarn

Synonyms:

unroll; unwind; wind off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unroll" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Credits

Context examples:

Had the porcupine been entirely unrolled, or had it not discovered its enemy a fraction of a second before the blow was struck, the paw would have escaped unscathed; but a side-flick of the tail sank sharp quills into it as it was withdrawn.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He unrolled the bottle of whiskey from the towel and put it on the table.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

I'd never seen him since then. I don't know how he knew about the funeral or even his name. The rain poured down his thick glasses and he took them off and wiped them to see the protecting canvas unrolled from Gatsby's grave.