unfold

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To undo a folding.
2. (intransitive) To become unfolded.
3. (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
4. (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
5. (transitive) To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.

Noun

In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.

Opposite of

fold

Synonyms

unroll

spread out

open

spread

develop

extend

unfurl

stretch out

expand

unwrap

stretch

blossom

🌼

reveal

disclose

open up

explain

expose

expound

evolve

increase

apply

blossom out

blossom forth

launch

lay

open out

construe

uncover

enlarge

carry out

bear

🐻

smear

adulterate

broaden

set forth

pave

augment

reach

break

blow

dilute

spread-eagle

diffuse

translate

deploy

lay out

grease

anoint

grow

magnify

Translations

desplegar

déplier

entfalten

spiegare

desenvolver

desenvolver

ausbreiten

dérouler

étendre

dispiegare

extender

ξεδιπλώνω

desdobrar

desenrolar

ontplooien

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈfoʊld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: unfolden

Inherited from Old English: unfealdan

In summary

From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold.