unroll

Meaning

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

unfurl

unwrap

extend

expand

spread

stretch

stretch out

wind off

develop

untie

unbind

enlarge

loosen

unpack

increase

unravel

apply

disclose

clarify

construe

decipher

adulterate

augment

magnify

account for

open up

uncoil

undo

deploy

diffuse

dilute

reach

reveal

aggrandize

explain

explicate

expound

smear

broaden

untwist

spread-eagle

step up

anoint

grease

strike down

switch on

take down

take off

take out

unclip

white out

turn on

unbar

unbolt

unbrace

unbuckle

unclasp

unclog

unfasten

unkink

unknot

unlace

unlade

unleash

unload

unlock

🔓

unloose

unloosen

unpick

unreel

unscramble

unseal

untangle

untwine

vent

widen

become apparent

dispread

flatten out

loosen up

open out

put forth

sow in

unstuff

become loose

development

unbox

account

reel out

advance

break

break off

break out

circularise

decamp

decompress

decrypt

defuse

disassemble

dismantle

disperse

disseminate

distribute

divaricate

divulge

draw out

effuse

elucidate

evolution

evolve

evolvement

exhibit

expansion

explosion

give an accounting for

give forth

grow

knock down

launch

layout

lay out

loose

offload

promote

propagate

pull down

raise

ravel

relax

revoke

roll

roll out

scatter

slacken

spill

splay

Etymology

From un- + roll.