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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNROLL, v.t.
1. To open what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth.
2. To display.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" [syn: unwind, wind off, unroll] [ant: roll, twine, wind, wrap]
2: 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: 15th century transitive verb 1. to unwind a roll of ; open out ; uncoil 2. to spread out like a scroll for reading or inspection ; unfold, reveal intransitive verb to be unrolled ; unwind

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. & intr. 1 open out from a rolled-up state. 2 display or be displayed in this form.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unroll Un*roll", v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also unrol.] 1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner. 2. To display; to reveal. --Dryden. 3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name. If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unrolls, unrolling, unrolled) If you unroll something such as a sheet of paper or cloth, or if it unrolls, it opens up and becomes flat when it was previously rolled in a cylindrical shape. I unrolled my sleeping bag as usual... Guests bring movies on tape, and show them on the screen that unrolls from the ceiling. VERB: V n, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Unfold, open. 2. Display, lay open. 3. Develop, evolve, unfold, open.

Moby Thesaurus

bare, break the seal, bring to light, clear, deobstruct, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, expose, free, impart, lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, manifest, open, open up, patefy, raise the curtain, reveal, show, show up, strip bare, unblock, uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclutch, uncoil, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unpack, unplug, unreel, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop, unveil, unwind, unwrap