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Meanings of unroll in English

Portuguese
desenrolar

Reverse the winding or twisting of.

desenrolar
Portuguese
desenovelar
Catalan
desplegar
Spanish
desenrollar

Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state.

desenovelar
Usage of unroll in English
1
It is MADE; and made by relations that unroll themselves in time.
The Meaning of Truth
2
De Soya and Gregorius unroll the hawking mat on the long desktop.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
This done, we began to unroll the wrappings of the holy corpse.
Cleopatra
4
Remove the grape leaves from the jar and carefully unroll the stack.
The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf...
5
Lads, you might unroll your blankets and make the best of things.
The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
6
Hal sat down, and began to unroll the bandage from his wrist.
King Coal : a Novel
7
That night we did no more than eat and unroll our beds.
Tales of lonely trails
8
Brian smiled and watched the woods and lakes unroll beneath the plane.
Brian's return
9
As he started to unroll the maps, he turned to his wife.
New york: the novel
10
Can even itself, so full of voice and light, unroll the reason?
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
11
Several men got off and began to unroll a huge white tarpaulin.
The Wolf’s Hour
12
Gammer Norah tossed her head, causing her bun to unroll even further.
The Pinhoe Egg
13
One reasonable approach is to unroll them, and print each subexpression:
Managing projects with gnu make, 3rd edition
14
To stand and watch the whole panorama of my life unroll before me.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
15
If I'm not back when you finish, unroll and photograph the second baby.
Bones Are Forever
16
And with the word he began to unroll the parchment carefully.
The God of Love
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Translations for unroll
Catalan
desplegar
Unroll through the time
Unroll across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common