Unfurling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is unfurled.

    "Are there not here some sounds of a gathering together of armies, some blasts of the trumpets of war, some unfurlings of hostile banners, some noise of chariots and tramplings of horses rushing to the battle?"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unfurl form-of, gerund, participle, present

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barebreak the sealbring to lightdevelopdevolvedisclose

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"Are there not here some sounds of a gathering together of armies, some blasts of the trumpets of war, some unfurlings of hostile banners, some noise of chariots and tramplings of horses rushing to the battle?"

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