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UNROLL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unroll ... he / she / it unrolls
Past simple: unrolled
Past participle: unrolled
-ing form: unrolling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
Example:
unfurl a banner
Synonyms:
unfurl; unroll
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "unroll" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Reverse the winding or twisting of
Example:
unwind a ball of yarn
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unroll" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Context examples:
Had the porcupine been entirely unrolled, or had it not discovered its enemy a fraction of a second before the blow was struck, the paw would have escaped unscathed; but a side-flick of the tail sank sharp quills into it as it was withdrawn.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He unrolled the bottle of whiskey from the towel and put it on the table.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
I'd never seen him since then. I don't know how he knew about the funeral or even his name. The rain poured down his thick glasses and he took them off and wiped them to see the protecting canvas unrolled from Gatsby's grave.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
