unfold
IPA: ʌnfˈoʊɫd
noun
- (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
verb
- (transitive) To undo a folding.
- (intransitive) To become unfolded.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
- (transitive) To release from a fold or pen.
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Examples of "unfold" in Sentences
- Watching this debate unfold is absolutely mind boggling.
- I prefer to watch my drama unfold from a tree or a box blind.
- The whole organization will unfold from the inside out, or from the bottom all the way up.
- Watching the events unfold is like hearing a delicate ballad played at stadium levels of noise.
- Some of them stayed in New Orleans through the storm, and others watched it unfold from a distance.
- Watching the horror unfold from the other side of the world, still we here in Australia were touched by it.
- She had felt detached from all the open grieving and eulogizing and commiserating as though she had been watching events unfold from the director's chair behind the camera.
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