unroll

Meaning

1. (transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
2. (intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
3. (transitive) 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.

Synonyms

unfold

unwind

spread out

open

unwrap

unfurl

extend

spread

expand

stretch

stretch out

wind off

develop

untie

unravel

disclose

unpack

apply

enlarge

unbind

increase

loosen

construe

clarify

untwist

anoint

broaden

adulterate

dilute

grease

diffuse

explicate

uncoil

deploy

aggrandize

step up

undo

smear

reveal

account for

reach

explain

spread-eagle

magnify

expound

decipher

augment

open up

divaricate

distribute

Translations

dérouler

desenvolver

ontrollen

afwikkelen

uitrollen

étendre

desenrollar

desenvolver

desplegar

desenrolar

aumentar

desenovelar

ontplooien

srotolare

ontwarren

Etymology

From un- + roll.