Unfurl

//ʌnˈfəːl//

Synonyms for "unfurl" (44 found)

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Translations

36 translations across 19 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • развявам verb (to unroll or release)
  • разгъвам verb (to unroll or release)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afrollen verb (to unroll or release)
  • ontrollen verb (to unroll or release)
  • ontvouwen verb (to unroll or release)
  • uitrollen verb (to unroll or release)

Esperanto

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  • malvolvi verb (to unroll or release)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aukaista verb (to unroll or release)
  • avata verb (to unroll or release)
  • esitellä verb (to roll out or debut)
  • julkistaa verb (to roll out or debut)

French

2 entries
  • déployer verb (to unroll or release)
  • dérouler verb (to unroll or release)

Galician

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  • despregar verb (to unroll or release)

German

3 entries
  • aufrollen verb (to unroll or release)
  • entfalten verb (to unroll or release)
  • entrollen verb (to unroll or release)

Hebrew

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  • גִּלָּה verb (to turn out or unfold)
  • הוֹצִיא לָאוֹר verb (to roll out or debut)
  • שִׁחְרֵר verb (to roll out or debut)

Irish

1 entries
  • scaoil verb (to unroll or release)

Italian

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  • spiegare verb (to unroll or release)
  • srotolare verb (to unroll or release)

Latin

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  • explicō verb (to unroll or release)

Māori

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  • tākiri verb (to unroll or release)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • folde ut verb (to unroll or release)
  • rulle ut verb (to unroll or release)

Polish

2 entries
  • rozwijać verb (to unroll or release)
  • rozwinąć verb (to unroll or release)

Portuguese

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  • desfraldar verb (to unroll or release)

Romanian

1 entries
  • desfășura verb (to unroll or release)

Russian

2 entries
  • развора́чивать verb (to unroll or release)
  • развёртывать verb (to unroll or release)

Spanish

2 entries
  • desplegar verb (to unroll or release)
  • lagar verb (to unroll or release)

Swedish

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  • veckla ut verb (to unroll or release)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Starshade is an immense, folding iris that has been proposed as a way to block light from distant stars. It would unfurl to a diameter of about 85 feet (26 meters) in space, about the size of a standard baseball diamond.

Source: tatoeba (6558403)

Bob can no longer unfurl its left wing.

Source: tatoeba (9380617)

Rainbow butterfly wings unfurl; purple winds and desert skies reveal.

Source: tatoeba (11158609)

They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.

Source: wiktionary

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