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BNC: 19322 COCA: 15303

unfurl

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unfurl /ˌʌnˈfɚl/ verb
unfurls; unfurled; unfurling
unfurl
/ˌʌnˈfɚl/
verb
unfurls; unfurled; unfurling
Learner's definition of UNFURL
: to cause (something that is folded or rolled up) to open打开;展开;摊开
[+ object]
[no object]
BNC: 19322 COCA: 15303

unfurl

verb

un·​furl ˌən-ˈfər(-ə)l How to pronounce unfurl (audio)
unfurled; unfurling; unfurls

transitive verb

: to release from a furled state

intransitive verb

: to open out from or as if from a furled state : unfold

Example Sentences

after the protestors had unfurled their banner, it stretched from one side of the visitors' gallery to the other
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Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfurl was in 1641
BNC: 19322 COCA: 15303

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