transitive. To open or unwrap the folds of; to spread open; to expand; to straighten out.

transitive. To unroll.

transitive. To unfold, expand, spread out; to unfurl (a banner, sail). Now Obsolete except as influenced by sense 3, and understood as ‘to unfold…

transitive. To unfold, unfurl, or expand (a banner); = display, v. 1. Obsolete.

transitive. To unfold, unfurl; to disentangle. Also figurative.

transitive. To roll out; to unroll, unfurl, uncoil. Also occasionally intransitive.

To open up, fold back, or remove (a covering, wrapping, etc.); to spread open or unfold (something folded or rolled up, esp. (in early use) a letter…

transitive. To unfold, open. Also figurative: to make plain, make sense of.

transitive. To open out from a rolled-up state; to uncoil, unwind. Also reflexive.

(in Caxton) transitive. To unfold, display. Obsolete.

To unfasten or unfurl and let out with a shake (a flag, sail); to straighten out by shaking (something crumpled or folded).

transitive. To unfold, unroll, or unfurl; to smooth out; to open or spread out. Also figurative. Obsolete (rare in later use).

transitive. Originally Heraldry. To display or unfurl (a banner or flag). Cf. develop, v. 2a.

transitive. To open or spread out (a flag or sail) to the wind.

transitive. literal. To open out (something folded or rolled up); spec. to unfurl (a banner or flag) (cf. disvelop, v. 1). Also: to remove the…

To open, unwind, or unroll (what is wrapped or wound); †to unfurl (a sail). Also figurative.

To open out.

transitive. To unroll and lay out; to unfurl. Cf. to roll out the red carpet at red carpet, n. 1.