Word Meanings - UNFOLD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert. 2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or

Additional info about word: UNFOLD

1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert. 2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science. Unfold the passion of my love. Shak. 3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of UNFOLD)

• Amplify
• Enrich
• enlarge
• increase
• augment
• multiply
• dilate
• develop
• swell
• expatiate
• expand
• discuss
• unfold
• extend
• Decipher
• Bead
• spell
• interpret
• solve
• unravel
• explain
• Develop
• Educe
• enucleate
• eliminate
• enunciate
• lay open
• disclose
• clear
• amplify
• Display
• Show
• exhibit
• evidence
• evince
• flaunt
• vault
• expose
• ostentation
• spread out
• parade
• Expand
• Swell
• spread
• open
• diffuse

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of UNFOLD)

• Suppress
• conceal
• retire
• re-cede
• skulk
• hide
• shrivel
• collapse
• furl

Related words: (words related to UNFOLD)

• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• ELIMINATE
  To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity. 3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth. 4.
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• VAULTING
  1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction. 2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• CONCEALED
  Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• VAULTY
  Arched; concave. "The vaulty heaven." Shak.
• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• EVINCE
  1. To conquer; to subdue. Error by his own arms is best evinced. Milton. 2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence. Common sense and experience must and will
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• DISPLAYER
  One who, or that which, displays.
• OSTENTATION
  1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. "Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm." Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to
• INTERPRETABLE
  Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
• MISINTERPRETABLE
  Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
• DENUNCIATE
  To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. To denunciate this new work. Burke.
• INEVIDENCE
  Want of evidence; obscurity. Barrow.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• SEDUCEMENT
  1. The act of seducing. 2. The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting. Pope.
• RESPELL
  To spell again.
• ENVAULT
  To inclose in a vault; to entomb. Swift.
• REDUCEMENT
  Reduction. Milton.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.