unroll en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin rotulader. Latin rotulāre Old French roelerbor. Middle English rollen English roll English unroll From un- + roll.
Meanings
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(transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.
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(intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
We will have to see how the events unroll.
- (transitive) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unrolls | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unrolling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unrolled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unrolled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unrollable · unroller · unrollment