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Past tense of unfurl

regular verb

The past tense of unfurl is unfurled. The past participle is also unfurled.

Forms of unfurl

Base form (V1)unfurl /ʌnˈfəːl/
Past tense (V2)unfurled
Past participle (V3)unfurled
Present participleunfurling
Third person singularunfurls

Unfurled in a sentence

  • They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.
  • Burnett unfurled his limbs in the precise yet fluid phrasing employed by voguers.2008 March 19, Claudia La Rocco, “Voguers Take Back the Night and the Dance Stage”, in New York Times. From the entry voguer
  • Geeking, unsurprisingly, was among the first carnival acts to be outlawed as the 20th century unfurled.1995, Jack Hunter, Inside Teradome, page 23. From the entry geek
  • The white banner with the golden lilies of France has been unfurled.1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 58. From the entry oriflamme
  • There was a crest, a threemasted ship, sails unfurled, pennants flying.1936 June 5, Margaret Bell Houston, “Gypsy Weather”, in The Lincoln Star, volume 34, page 2. From the entry threemasted

Meaning of unfurl

  1. verb To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
  2. verb To roll out or debut anything.
  3. verb To open up by unrolling.

Full definition of unfurl

Questions about the past tense of unfurl

What is the past tense of unfurl?
The past tense of unfurl is unfurled.
What is the past participle of unfurl?
The past participle of unfurl is unfurled.
Is unfurl a regular or irregular verb?
Unfurl is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unfurl (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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