Definitions for unroll

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unroll un·roll

Spelling: [uhn-rohl]

IPA: /ʌnˈroʊl/

Unroll is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in unroll (llnoru).

Definitions for unroll

verb (used with object)

1. to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
2. to lay open; display; reveal.
3. Obsolete. to strike from a roll or register.

verb (used without object)

1. to become unrolled or spread out:
2. to become continuously visible or apparent:

Origin of unroll

First recorded in 1375-1425, unroll is from the late Middle English word unrollen. See un-², roll

Examples for unroll

Now unroll the cylinder and the projection will appear as in fig. 2.

And with the word he began to unroll the parchment carefully.

He had waited too often and futilely in the past for porcupines to unroll, to waste any more time.

We unroll the charts, and differ in opinion over them more remarkably than ever.

Has existence only to unroll a tableau, every detail of which is graven on my heart?

They empty the contents of a bag and begin to unroll its slow length.

And did she give you that penny which was in the paper that I saw you unroll so carefully at the door?

The chief was awakened, and he told them to unroll what they had brought.

This done, we began to unroll the wrappings of the holy corpse.

The leaves are pinnate, and they unroll, when they expand, like those of the ferns.