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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNFURL', v.t. To loose and unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn: unfurl, unroll] [ant: roll up, wrap up]

Merriam Webster's

Date: 1641 transitive verb to release from a furled state intransitive verb to open out from or as if from a furled state ; unfold

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. spread out (a sail, umbrella, etc.). 2 intr. become spread out.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unfurl Un*furl", v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + furl.] To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unfurls, unfurling, unfurled) 1. If you unfurl something rolled or folded such as an umbrella, sail, or flag, you open it, so that it is spread out. You can also say that it unfurls. Once outside the inner breakwater, we began to unfurl all the sails. ...two weeks later when the leaves unfurl. VERB: V n, V 2. If you say that events, stories, or scenes unfurl before you, you mean that you are aware of them or can see them as they happen or develop. ...as the dramatic changes in Europe continue to unfurl. = unfold VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Open, display, spread out, give to the breeze, expand, unfold.

Moby Thesaurus

bare, break the seal, bring to light, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, expose, impart, lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, manifest, open, open up, raise the curtain, reveal, show, show up, strip bare, uncloak, uncoil, uncover, undrape, unfold, unkennel, unmask, unpack, unreel, unroll, unscreen, unsheathe, unshroud, unveil, unwind, unwrap