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Synonyms for unfold
ʌnˈfoʊldun·fold
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unfold
Amplify is now rarely used in the sense of increase, to add material substance, bulk, volume, or the like; it is now almost wholly applied to discourse or writing, signifying to make fuller in statement, whether with or without adding matter of importance, as by stating fully what was before only implied, or by adding illustrations to make the meaning more readily apprehended, etc. The chief difficulty of very young writers is to amplify, to get beyond the bare curt statement by developing, expanding, unfolding the thought. The chief difficulty of those who have more material and experience is to condense sufficiently. So, in the early days of our literature amplify was used in the favorable sense; but at present this word and most kindred words are coming to share the derogatory meaning that has long attached to expatiate. We may develop a thought, expand an illustration, extend a discussion, expatiate on a hobby, dilate on something joyous or sad, enlarge a volume, unfold a scheme, widen the range of treatment.
Synonyms:
amplify, augment, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, widenAntonyms:
abbreviate, abridge, amputate, boil down, condense, curtail, cut down, epitomize, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarizePreposition:
To amplify on or upon the subject is needless. Amplify this matter by illustrations.
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blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfoldverb
develop or come to a promising stage
"Youth blossomed into maturity"
Synonyms:
bloom, open, extend, stretch, blossom, flower, spread, stretch out, spread out, blossom out, blossom forthunfoldverb
open to the view
"A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings"
Synonyms:
stretch out, open, extend, stretch, blossom, spread, spread out, blossom out, blossom forthunfold, stretch, stretch out, extendverb
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
"Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
Synonyms:
gallop, crane, blossom, widen, run, lead, continue, debase, load, poke out, extend, blossom forth, protract, stretch out, draw out, offer, put out, carry, spread out, open, go, stretch, stretch forth, pass, adulterate, dilute, reach out, exsert, stretch along, spread, expand, cover, prolong, strain, hold out, blossom out, elongate, broadenunfold, spread, spread out, openverb
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
"open the map"; "spread your arms"
Synonyms:
fan out, blossom out, circularise, dissipate, open up, overspread, disseminate, pass around, spread, spread out, broadcast, afford, turn out, open, stretch, blossom, give, stretch out, extend, scatter, circularize, expand, splay, go around, propagate, blossom forth, rotate, circulate, disperse, distribute, string out, diffuse
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unfurling
make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind.
"the fisherman was unfurling a sail"
Submitted by zinfandelblu on January 18, 2024
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unfoldverb
unfoldverb
Synonyms:
reveal, disclose, declare, divulge, tell, interpret, disentangle, resolve, decipher, unravel, unriddle, explain, illustrate, make known, set forth, make clear
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#283 | open | |
#555 | give | |
#617 | offer | |
#672 | run | |
#750 | display | |
#846 | cover | |
#985 | increase | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1493 | pass | |
#2135 | load | |
#2395 | flower | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#3082 | explain | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3856 | broadcast | |
#4532 | extend | |
#5572 | stretch | |
#6020 | afford | |
#6612 | strain | |
#6874 | distribute | |
#7124 | reveal | |
#9348 | declare | |
#9419 | disclose | |
#9524 | bloom | |
#10212 | crane | |
#13900 | blossom | |
#14225 | rotate | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#20130 | disseminate | |
#20313 | broaden | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#23908 | widen | |
#25927 | unfold | |
#26007 | augment | |
#26691 | circulate | |
#28071 | propagate | |
#28687 | dilute | |
#32756 | prolong | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#36507 | amplify | |
#37457 | unravel | |
#41877 | gallop | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#62038 | elongate | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#88024 | splay | |
#162847 | debase | |
#184109 | overspread | |
#251151 | adulterate | |
#311639 | protract |
How to use unfold in a sentence?
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
I sometimes wonder if we have a situation where we have someone who is a law professor and is very cerebral and has this universal sense of how things are supposed to unfold under international law, on the other side, you have someone who is convinced he lives in a region called the Middle East and believes that a lot of the categories that they teach in law school are not always applicable in this neighborhood.
Look, we see this playing out in real time in Iran even as we watch the Ukraine crisis unfold, they want an Iran deal, and their idea is they’re going to give them such a good deal and bribe them so much that the Iranians will cooperate. That’s nonsense.
Hernandez strongly maintains his innocence, and I plan to establish that before a jury of his peers, we understand that numerous reports of our client's alleged activity have been published, but we ask the public to afford Mr. Hernandez the presumption of innocence and let the facts unfold in a court of law.
The protein is a 3-D structure with the ability to fold and unfold.
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