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un·roll

(ŭn-rōl′)

v. un·rolled, un·roll·ing, un·rolls

v.tr.

1. To unwind and open (something rolled up).

2. To unfold and present to view; reveal.

v.intr.

To become unrolled.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

unroll

(ʌnˈrəʊl)

1. to open out or unwind (something rolled, folded, or coiled) or (of something rolled, etc) to become opened out or unwound

2. to make or become visible or apparent, esp gradually; unfold

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

un•roll

(ʌnˈroʊl)

v.t.

1. to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled).

2. to lay open; display; reveal.

3. Obs. to strike from a roll or register.

v.i.

4. to become unrolled or spread out.

5. to become continuously visible or apparent.

[1375–1425]

unroll

Past participle: unrolled
Gerund: unrolling

Imperative
unroll
unroll

Present
I unroll
you unroll
he/she/it unrolls
we unroll
you unroll
they unroll

Preterite
I unrolled
you unrolled
he/she/it unrolled
we unrolled
you unrolled
they unrolled

Present Continuous
I am unrolling
you are unrolling
he/she/it is unrolling
we are unrolling
you are unrolling
they are unrolling

Present Perfect
I have unrolled
you have unrolled
he/she/it has unrolled
we have unrolled
you have unrolled
they have unrolled

Past Continuous
I was unrolling
you were unrolling
he/she/it was unrolling
we were unrolling
you were unrolling
they were unrolling

Past Perfect
I had unrolled
you had unrolled
he/she/it had unrolled
we had unrolled
you had unrolled
they had unrolled

Future
I will unroll
you will unroll
he/she/it will unroll
we will unroll
you will unroll
they will unroll

Future Perfect
I will have unrolled
you will have unrolled
he/she/it will have unrolled
we will have unrolled
you will have unrolled
they will have unrolled

Future Continuous
I will be unrolling
you will be unrolling
he/she/it will be unrolling
we will be unrolling
you will be unrolling
they will be unrolling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unrolling
you have been unrolling
he/she/it has been unrolling
we have been unrolling
you have been unrolling
they have been unrolling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unrolling
you will have been unrolling
he/she/it will have been unrolling
we will have been unrolling
you will have been unrolling
they will have been unrolling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unrolling
you had been unrolling
he/she/it had been unrolling
we had been unrolling
you had been unrolling
they had been unrolling

Conditional
I would unroll
you would unroll
he/she/it would unroll
we would unroll
you would unroll
they would unroll

Past Conditional
I would have unrolled
you would have unrolled
he/she/it would have unrolled
we would have unrolled
you would have unrolled
they would have unrolled

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Verb	1.	unroll - reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" unwind, wind off move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	2.	unroll - unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" unfurl change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface

unroll

verb

1. To cause (a line) to become longer and less taut:

play out, unreel, unwind.

2. To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area:

expand, extend, fan (out), open (out or up), outstretch, spread, stretch, unfold.

Translations

يَبْسُط، يَنْشُريَفُكُّ

rozvinout

rulle ud

avata rullalta

odmotati

kigöngyöl

rúlla út

spiegare srotolare

広げる

(감긴 것을) 펴다

atritināt

rulla upp

คลี่ออก

açmak yaymak

mở ra

解开展开

unroll

[ˈʌnˈrəʊl]

A. VT → desenrollar

B. VI → desenrollarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unroll

[ˌʌnˈrəʊl]

vt [+ map, sleeping bag] → dérouler

vi [+ map, screen] → se dérouler

unroll

vt carpet, map → aufrollen, auseinanderrollen; (fig) story also → darlegen, schildern

vi (carpet etc) → sich aufrollen; (fig, plot) → sich abwickeln; (landscape) → sich ausbreiten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unroll

[ʌnˈrəʊl]

1. vt → srotolare

2. vi → srotolarsi

unroll

(anˈroul) verb

to open from a rolled position. He unrolled the mattress.

unroll

→ يَفُكُّ rozvinout rulle ud entfalten ξετυλίγω desenrollar avata rullalta dérouler odmotati srotolare 広げる (감긴 것을) 펴다 uitrollen rulle ut rozwinąć desenrolar разворачивать rulla upp คลี่ออก açmak mở ra 解开

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