Unfurled

verb

verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unfurl form-of, participle, past

    "As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag."

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barebreak the sealbring to lightdevelopdevolvedisclose

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"He unfurled the flag and laid it on his bed so that he could roll his piglet in it."

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