unrolled
past simple and past participle ofunroll
unroll
verb[IorT]
uk/ʌnˈrəʊl/us/ʌnˈroʊl/toopenandbecomeflatfrom arolledposition, or tocausesomething to do this:
She unrolled the mostbeautifulcarpet.
Synonym
unfurl
Opposite
rollsomethingup
Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- gape
- let/setsomethinglooseidiom
- loose
- loosen
- loosenyourgripidiom
- shut(someone)up
- steam
- tease
- teasesomethingout
- the earth/ground/floor opensidiom
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unfold
- unlace
- unlock
- unpick
- unplug
- unroll
- unzip
Examplesofunrolled
unrolled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We will call this type theunrolledversion of the functional type.
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Figure 2 shows an idealisedunrolledcochlea.
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R2 is the reproductive stage in soybean plants where flowers at the node immediately below the uppermost node with a completelyunrolledleaf can be observed.
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Listening to his argument as itunrolled, one felt increasingly uneasy at what he was suggesting.
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The whole canvas has to beunrolledso that we get a proper view of the panorama.
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Sheunrolledthe whole parcel, and it proved to be the chemise off her back.
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How many yards of motorway can beunrolledfor £10 million?
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What really matters is the average recurrent revenue costs, once the scheme isunrolled.
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A joint can be made on tubes, which can beunrolledfrom drums.
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The world did not stand still while this slow operation wasunrolled.
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The raw material is fed into the automatic feeder after it has beenunrolledfrom a coil and put through a straightener.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is wrapped around the rolling pin andunrolledonto the rest of the pie.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most road surfaces were made up of undressed andunrolledwater-bound macadam which did not use tar as a sealant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This could be used to generate record-style data structures orunrolledloops, for example, or could generate entire algorithms based on complex parameters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the middle of the 20th century only 585 rolls or fragments had been completelyunrolled, and 209unrolledin part.
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