unrollv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrəʊl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈroʊl/

Forms: see un- prefix² and roll v.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², roll v.²

Etymology: < un- prefix² + roll v.²

a. transitive. To open out from a rolled-up state; to uncoil, unwind. Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > unfurl or unfold

unfoldc890

untrenda1272

displayc1330

splayc1330

unplyc1330

outrolla1393

unlapa1400

unplight?c1400

unrollc1425

deploy1477

to shake outc1550

explicate1562

disvelop1592

unfurl1641

develop1656

unwrap1807

unshroud1846

to roll out1849

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 171 Ful knyȝtly þei han take her [MS þe] weye..with baneris..displaied, And her penouns vnrollid euerychon.

c1475 in F. P. Barnard Edward IV's French Exped. (1925) f. 4^v To comaunde the chief herauld to vnrolle hit and the prince to make hym Knyght thatt berreth the sayd baniere.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxli. 145/1 [He] rested on the felde, and caused his banerr to be vnrolled.

1583 R. P. tr. P. de la Sierra Second Pt. Myrror of Knighthood ii. xx. f. 272 He tooke it [sc. the Parchment] and vnrowled it.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desrouler, to vnroule, vnfould, lay open.

a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 293 On which lay the 5 bookes of Moses, and the Commandments a little unrowled.

1771 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. Housekeeper (ed. 2) App. 358 Then unroll the cloth, and roll it tight again.

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 267 Turf..when to be laid, unrolled, joining..close edge to edge.

1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) II. ix. 118 Rolling up..the long lash of his horse-whip, and then by a jerk causing it to unroll itself into the middle of the floor.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xvii Till not..an armadillo [dare] unroll himself.

1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 122 By unrolling the blade on the floor, it can be tested as to straightness.

1941 Mod. World 25 Mar. 11/2 Young Jeremy unrolled the coco-nut mat.

1961 E. L. Wallant Pawnbroker iv. 60 Slowly he unrolled himself, sat up, then stood.

2011 Cathedral Music May 52/2 Indeed the Precentor, Canon Warner, usually unrolled his Chelsea bun to make it last longer!

b. transitive. In figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]

uppec897

atewOE

sutelec1000

openOE

awnc1175

kithec1175

forthteec1200

tawnec1220

let witc1275

forthshowa1300

to pilt out?a1300

showa1300

barea1325

mythc1330

unfoldc1374

to open outc1390

assign1398

mustera1400

reyve?a1400

vouchc1400

manifest?a1425

outshowc1425

ostendc1429

explayc1443

objecta1500

reveala1500

patefy?1509

decipher1529

relieve1533

to set outa1540

utter1542

report1548

unbuckle1548

to set forth1551

demonstrate1553

to hold forth1560

testify1560

explicate1565

forthsetc1565

to give show of1567

denudec1572

exhibit1573

apparent1577

display?1578

carry1580

cipher1583

laya1586

foreshow1590

uncloud?1594

vision1594

explain1597

proclaim1597

unroll1598

discloud1600

remonstrate1601

resent1602

to bring out1608

palesate1613

pronounce1615

to speak out1623

elicit1641

confess1646

bear1657

breathe1667

outplay1702

to throw out1741

evolve1744

announce1781

develop1806

exfoliate1808

evince1829

exposit1882

pack1925

1598 F. Rous Thule iii. sig. N^v This Tragick storie here I will vnrole.

1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. iv. sig. T4 What would you do if then their should appeare..Your guilty Consciences, and there vnroll To your remembrances the dreadfull scroll, Of your Presumptions.

1678 J. Dryden All for Love v. 65 Time has unrowl'd her Glories to the last, And now clos'd up the Volume.

1751 T. Gray Elegy xiii. 7 But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page..did ne'er unroll.

1757 T. Gray Ode II iii. i, in Odes 19 But oh! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glitt'ring skirts unroll?

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clvii. 81 Until thy mind..unroll In mighty graduations, part by part, The glory.

1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark I. xiii 108 One could see..that she was reading to herself the romance that was unrolled within her pretty girlish head.

1889 R. Bridges Growth of Love (rev. ed.) p. lii The busy mind Will in one woeful moment more upwind Than lifelong years unroll of bitter or black.

1930 J. Dewey Human Nature & Conduct (new ed.) iii. iii. 190 Each conflicting habit and impulse..unrolls a picture of its future history, of the career it would have if it were given head.

2010 R. R. Reno Genesis i. 51 God's words create reality, unrolling the scroll of time.

c. transitive. To extend, spread out; to disperse. Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)]

to-spreada1000

spread?c1225

sowc1350

to-scattera1382

diffund?a1425

dilate1430

disparklec1449

diffuse?a1475

provulgate1535

disperse1576

distract1600

disseminate1603

protracta1658

unroll1813

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xii. 145 And still..Were..bastions dimly seen, And Gothic battlements between Their gloomy length unrolled.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 271 The mist had settled upon the hills, and unrolled itself upon brook, glade, and tarn.

1899 F. Norris McTeague i. 9 McTeague saw the same panorama unroll itself.

1929 Travel Jan. 35/2 From time to time an interior valley unrolls itself in a riot of tropical verdure.

d. transitive. figurative. To develop or expand fully. Also in later use: to introduce or launch, esp. gradually (cf. to roll out 6 at roll v.² Phrasal verbs 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)]

evolve1623

to carry on1648

unroll1829

1829 S. L. Fairfield Heir of World 168 The shuddering cold Of anguish unrepressed chills hopes too soon unrolled.

a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) iv. 92 That all these elements are really present, is shewn most incontestably when the sentiment comes to be deliberately unrolled.

1876 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Lett. & Social Aims 107 Jenny Lind..complained of concert-rooms and town-halls, that they did not give her room enough to unroll her voice.

1943 E. Siegmeister Music Lover's Handbk. v. 386 Like Satan displaying the nations of the world from the mountaintop, Salomon unrolled his little plan.

2013 Fishing News 5 Apr. 24/1 The idea of community-supported fisheries has come from the US and now the first of these is being unrolled in a 12-week pilot project on the south coast.

2. intransitive. To open out from a rolled-up state, to become unrolled. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > unfurl or unfold

unfoldc1350

unlapa1400

unroll1594

evolute1793

unfurl1814

unwrapc1888

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed

to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE

sutelea1000

kitheOE

unfoldc1350

disclosea1513

burst1542

to break up1584

to take vent1611

vent1622

bleed1645

emerge1664

to get (also have) vent1668

to get or take wind1668

to stand (appear) confessed1708

eclat1736

perspire1748

transpire1748

to come out1751

develop1805

unroll1807

spunk1808

effloresce1834

to come to the front1871

to show up1879

out1894

evolve1920

to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 35 Euen as an Adder when shee doth vnrowle, To doo some fatall execution.

1651 J. Evans Universall Med. sig. F3 The Gentlewoman sensibly perceived her bowels as it were to unrowl and unbinde within her, as though, before, they had been either twisted about, or cast upon some knot.

1657 E. Revett Poems 158 Lifts his intellectual eyes to where the Clouds unroul, And the fair Gate of Heav'n lies.

?1797 W. Blake Four Zoas ix. 20 The Books of Urizen unroll with dreadful noise!

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 67 The venturous soul Bids greater powers and bolder thoughts unrol.

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Scorpioid, an inflorescence which is rolled up towards one side, in the manner of a crosier, unrolling as the flowers expand.

1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. ii. xiv. 195 There now unrolled about a foot of paper with ditto marks under ‘item’ and a long line opposite each ditto.

1998 New Yorker 23 Feb. 182/2 As familiar scenes and lines unroll before us..we are reminded of the delicate art of non-transformation, of leaving well alone.

2002 P. Theroux in Granta Winter 187 A clump of packed together ferns in sprays like bouquets, their coiled tops beginning to unroll and spring open.

†3. transitive. To remove from a roll or list. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > remove from list, record, etc.

seclude1548

unrolla1616

disenrola1631

unlist1643

scratch1851

delist1919

deregister1924

delete1928

de-accession1972

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 121 If I make not this Cheat bring out another,..let me be vnrold, and my name put in the booke of Vertue.

Derivatives

unˈroller n.

ΚΠ

1821 H. Davy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 111 204 The efficacy and use of the new processes were fully allowed by the Svolgatori or unrollers of the Museum.

1843 Foreign Q. Rev. 2 364 A pale-faced unroller of dusty records.

1914 Classical Q. 8 68 List of the papyri with names and dates of their unrollers and decipherers.

2000 Farmers Weekly 18 Feb. 109/5 (advt.) Cooks round baler, unroller, only worked a few bales.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unroll
释义	unrollv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrəʊl/, U.S. /ˌənˈroʊl/ Forms: see un- prefix² and roll v.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², roll v.² Etymology: < un- prefix² + roll v.² 1. a. transitive. To open out from a rolled-up state; to uncoil, unwind. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > unfurl or unfold unfoldc890 untrenda1272 displayc1330 splayc1330 unplyc1330 outrolla1393 unlapa1400 unplight?c1400 unrollc1425 deploy1477 to shake outc1550 explicate1562 disvelop1592 unfurl1641 develop1656 unwrap1807 unshroud1846 to roll out1849 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 171 Ful knyȝtly þei han take her [MS þe] weye..with baneris..displaied, And her penouns vnrollid euerychon. c1475 in F. P. Barnard Edward IV's French Exped. (1925) f. 4^v To comaunde the chief herauld to vnrolle hit and the prince to make hym Knyght thatt berreth the sayd baniere. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxli. 145/1 [He] rested on the felde, and caused his banerr to be vnrolled. 1583 R. P. tr. P. de la Sierra Second Pt. Myrror of Knighthood ii. xx. f. 272 He tooke it [sc. the Parchment] and vnrowled it. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desrouler, to vnroule, vnfould, lay open. a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 293 On which lay the 5 bookes of Moses, and the Commandments a little unrowled. 1771 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. Housekeeper (ed. 2) App. 358 Then unroll the cloth, and roll it tight again. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 267 Turf..when to be laid, unrolled, joining..close edge to edge. 1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) II. ix. 118 Rolling up..the long lash of his horse-whip, and then by a jerk causing it to unroll itself into the middle of the floor. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xvii Till not..an armadillo [dare] unroll himself. 1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 122 By unrolling the blade on the floor, it can be tested as to straightness. 1941 Mod. World 25 Mar. 11/2 Young Jeremy unrolled the coco-nut mat. 1961 E. L. Wallant Pawnbroker iv. 60 Slowly he unrolled himself, sat up, then stood. 2011 Cathedral Music May 52/2 Indeed the Precentor, Canon Warner, usually unrolled his Chelsea bun to make it last longer! b. transitive. In figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 1598 F. Rous Thule iii. sig. N^v This Tragick storie here I will vnrole. 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. iv. sig. T4 What would you do if then their should appeare..Your guilty Consciences, and there vnroll To your remembrances the dreadfull scroll, Of your Presumptions. 1678 J. Dryden All for Love v. 65 Time has unrowl'd her Glories to the last, And now clos'd up the Volume. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xiii. 7 But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page..did ne'er unroll. 1757 T. Gray Ode II iii. i, in Odes 19 But oh! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glitt'ring skirts unroll? 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clvii. 81 Until thy mind..unroll In mighty graduations, part by part, The glory. 1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark I. xiii 108 One could see..that she was reading to herself the romance that was unrolled within her pretty girlish head. 1889 R. Bridges Growth of Love (rev. ed.) p. lii The busy mind Will in one woeful moment more upwind Than lifelong years unroll of bitter or black. 1930 J. Dewey Human Nature & Conduct (new ed.) iii. iii. 190 Each conflicting habit and impulse..unrolls a picture of its future history, of the career it would have if it were given head. 2010 R. R. Reno Genesis i. 51 God's words create reality, unrolling the scroll of time. c. transitive. To extend, spread out; to disperse. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] to-spreada1000 spread?c1225 sowc1350 to-scattera1382 diffund?a1425 dilate1430 disparklec1449 diffuse?a1475 provulgate1535 disperse1576 distract1600 disseminate1603 protracta1658 unroll1813 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xii. 145 And still..Were..bastions dimly seen, And Gothic battlements between Their gloomy length unrolled. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 271 The mist had settled upon the hills, and unrolled itself upon brook, glade, and tarn. 1899 F. Norris McTeague i. 9 McTeague saw the same panorama unroll itself. 1929 Travel Jan. 35/2 From time to time an interior valley unrolls itself in a riot of tropical verdure. d. transitive. figurative. To develop or expand fully. Also in later use: to introduce or launch, esp. gradually (cf. to roll out 6 at roll v.² Phrasal verbs 1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > advance (a proceeding) from previous stage [verb (transitive)] evolve1623 to carry on1648 unroll1829 1829 S. L. Fairfield Heir of World 168 The shuddering cold Of anguish unrepressed chills hopes too soon unrolled. a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) iv. 92 That all these elements are really present, is shewn most incontestably when the sentiment comes to be deliberately unrolled. 1876 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in Lett. & Social Aims 107 Jenny Lind..complained of concert-rooms and town-halls, that they did not give her room enough to unroll her voice. 1943 E. Siegmeister Music Lover's Handbk. v. 386 Like Satan displaying the nations of the world from the mountaintop, Salomon unrolled his little plan. 2013 Fishing News 5 Apr. 24/1 The idea of community-supported fisheries has come from the US and now the first of these is being unrolled in a 12-week pilot project on the south coast. 2. intransitive. To open out from a rolled-up state, to become unrolled. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > unfurl or unfold unfoldc1350 unlapa1400 unroll1594 evolute1793 unfurl1814 unwrapc1888 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE sutelea1000 kitheOE unfoldc1350 disclosea1513 burst1542 to break up1584 to take vent1611 vent1622 bleed1645 emerge1664 to get (also have) vent1668 to get or take wind1668 to stand (appear) confessed1708 eclat1736 perspire1748 transpire1748 to come out1751 develop1805 unroll1807 spunk1808 effloresce1834 to come to the front1871 to show up1879 out1894 evolve1920 to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 35 Euen as an Adder when shee doth vnrowle, To doo some fatall execution. View more context for this quotation 1651 J. Evans Universall Med. sig. F3 The Gentlewoman sensibly perceived her bowels as it were to unrowl and unbinde within her, as though, before, they had been either twisted about, or cast upon some knot. 1657 E. Revett Poems 158 Lifts his intellectual eyes to where the Clouds unroul, And the fair Gate of Heav'n lies. ?1797 W. Blake Four Zoas ix. 20 The Books of Urizen unroll with dreadful noise! 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 67 The venturous soul Bids greater powers and bolder thoughts unrol. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Scorpioid, an inflorescence which is rolled up towards one side, in the manner of a crosier, unrolling as the flowers expand. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse I. ii. xiv. 195 There now unrolled about a foot of paper with ditto marks under ‘item’ and a long line opposite each ditto. 1998 New Yorker 23 Feb. 182/2 As familiar scenes and lines unroll before us..we are reminded of the delicate art of non-transformation, of leaving well alone. 2002 P. Theroux in Granta Winter 187 A clump of packed together ferns in sprays like bouquets, their coiled tops beginning to unroll and spring open. †3. transitive. To remove from a roll or list. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > remove from list, record, etc. seclude1548 unrolla1616 disenrola1631 unlist1643 scratch1851 delist1919 deregister1924 delete1928 de-accession1972 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 121 If I make not this Cheat bring out another,..let me be vnrold, and my name put in the booke of Vertue. View more context for this quotation Derivatives unˈroller n. ΚΠ 1821 H. Davy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 111 204 The efficacy and use of the new processes were fully allowed by the Svolgatori or unrollers of the Museum. 1843 Foreign Q. Rev. 2 364 A pale-faced unroller of dusty records. 1914 Classical Q. 8 68 List of the papyri with names and dates of their unrollers and decipherers. 2000 Farmers Weekly 18 Feb. 109/5 (advt.) Cooks round baler, unroller, only worked a few bales. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1425
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