Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unroll"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unroll \Un*roll"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also
{unrol}.]
1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll
cloth; to unroll a banner.
2. To display; to reveal. --Dryden.
3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let
me be unrolled and my name put in the book of
virtue! --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unroll
v 1: reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"
[syn: {unwind}, {wind off}] [ant: {wind}]
2: unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or
spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn: {unfurl}]
[ant: {roll up}]
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