9 definitions found for unroll

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

unroll 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]

unroll 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

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

unroll (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

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

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.

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

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