unfold
verb
[ ʌnˈfəʊld ]
• open or spread out from a folded position.
• "he unfolded the map and laid it out on the table"
Similar:
open out,
spread out,
stretch out,
flatten,
straighten out,
unfurl,
unroll,
unravel,
uncoil,
unwind,
extend,
Opposite:
fold up,
• (of events or information) gradually develop or be revealed.
• "there was a fascinating scene unfolding before me"
Similar:
develop,
evolve,
happen,
take place,
occur,
transpire,
unroll,
emerge,
grow,
progress,
mature,
work out,
untangle,
bear fruit,
blossom,
Origin:
Old English unfealdan (see un-2, fold1).
