unfold

[uhn-fohld] /ʌnˈfoʊld/
verb (used with object)
1.
to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out:
Unfold your arms.
2.
to spread out or lay open to view.
3.
to reveal or display.
4.
to reveal or disclose in words, especially by careful or systematic exposition; set forth; explain.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become unfolded; open.
6.
to develop.
7.
to become clear, apparent, or known:
The protagonist's character unfolds as the story reaches its climax.
Origin
before 900; Middle English unfolden, Old English unfealdan; cognate with German entfalten. See un-2, fold1
Related forms
unfoldable, adjective
unfolder, noun
unfoldment, noun
Examples from the web for unfolding
  • While energy is needed for substrate unfolding it is not required for translocation.
  • They saw history unfolding, not along the religious outline of st.
British Dictionary definitions for unfolding

unfold

/ʌnˈfəʊld/
verb
1.
to open or spread out or be opened or spread out from a folded state
2.
to reveal or be revealed: the truth unfolds
3.
to develop or expand or be developed or expanded
Derived Forms
unfolder, noun
Word Origin and History for unfolding

unfold

v.

Old English unfealdan, "to open or unwrap the folds of," also figuratively, "to disclose, reveal," from un- (2) "opposite of" + fold (v.). Cf. Middle Dutch ontvouden, German entfalten. Intransitive sense is attested from late 14c. Related: Unfolded; unfolding.