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unˈreel, v.
[un-2 3.]
1. trans. To unwind from a reel or skein.
Chiefly fig. Quot. 1605 is echoed by several later writers, as in quot. 1652.
1567Golding Ovid's Met. x. 122, I Beseech yee of Eurydicee vnreele the destinye. 1598Florio, Sgominare,..to vnreele yarne. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iii. Law 1377 Un-winde the bottom of old Times again, Of Ages past un-reel the snarled skain. 1606J. Raynolds Dolarney's Prim. (1880) 77 Ye fates vnreele my lou's sad destinie. 1652Benlowes Theoph. xii. lxxxvi, Unwinde Times ball again, Unreel through ages its snarl'd skain. 1889Engineer 15 Nov. 413 A measured mile course was laid off by unreeling from an anchored stake buoy one mile of fine wire.
2. intr. To become unwound.
1886Tribune Bk. Sports 163 (Cent.), The line will unreel faster than it is needed. 1899Westm. Gaz. 13 Jan. 2/1 They shall mark the Empire's line unreel From Cairo to the Cape.
Add:3. Chiefly U.S. a. intr. Of a film: to pass from one reel to another during projection; to be shown, to unfold inevitably.
1967S. Ellin House of Cards iii. x. 223, I felt as if everything was taking place at the maddening tempo of a slow-motion film. And I..was helplessly watching it unreel. 1978Washington Post 9 Apr. a5 Cleffi's suspicions..unreeled like a horror movie. 1986Chicago Tribune 10 Mar. v. 4/4 As the film unreeled after a couple of striking opening images, I..wondered whether maybe I had somehow changed over the years. 1987Time 11 May 15/1 Ever since..Ophuls's documentary..unreeled..people have stopped believing in the myth that France united to resist the occupying forces.
b. trans. To project (a film).
1979J. Hayes Island on Fire vi. 238 A Hollywood film was unreeled. In the flickering color from the screen he could see the fine line of her neck. 1980N.Y. Times 26 Dec. c8/5 Pioneer movie exhibitors who travel from town to town unreeling silent films. 1982People (N.Y.) 1 Mar. 14/3 Hope..unreels favorite film clips from three decades of his TV specials featuring glamorous women. 1989Sunday Tel. 17 Dec. 3 An expensively restored version of the film was unreeled for the re-premiere on Friday. |