unfold

Definition

  • verb: to spread or cause (something) to spread or straighten out from a folded position
  • verb: to open the folds of
  • synonyms: expand, display, disclose

Examples

  • As the story 'unfolds', we learn that the boy became an orphan when he was one year old.

  • We watched the drama 'unfold' on live television.

  • We'll have more news as events 'unfold'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to believe this mere coincidence. However, if we are to truly discover the meaning of these events... ...perhaps we should, for the time being... ...let them unfold. What...? Do nothing? Offer him up as bait? Potter is a boy, not a piece of meat. I agree. With Severus. (..)
    2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire