Associations to the word «Unfolding»

Wiktionary

UNFOLD, verb. To undo a folding.
UNFOLD, verb. (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
UNFOLD, verb. (transitive) To reveal.
UNFOLD, verb. To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
UNFOLD, verb. To release from a fold or pen.
UNFOLD, noun. (computing) (programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.

Dictionary definition

UNFOLD, verb. Develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity".
UNFOLD, verb. Open to the view; "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings".
UNFOLD, verb. Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna".
UNFOLD, verb. Spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke