Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences, software-compilation
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: unwind
Antonyms: none provided
verb
unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: unfurl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change surface
verb
reverse the winding or twisting of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: unwind, wind off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
History
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *Hreth2-der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin rotulader. Latin rotulāre Old French roelerbor. Middle English rollen English roll English unroll From un- + roll.
