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unroll

verb

To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
U
Ends with
L
Contains
NR
Scrabble score
6
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.

    “Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.”

  2. To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.

    “We will have to see how the events unroll.”

  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.

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Example Sentences

Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.
We will have to see how the events unroll.

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