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unfolde

unfolde is the obsolete spelling of unfold.

Meaning of unfold

Verb (1)

unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)

  1. (transitive) To undo a folding.
    • to unfold a map; to unfold a tablecloth; She unpacks the new dress and unfolds it carefully.
  2. (intransitive) To become unfolded.
    • The curtains unfolded to reveal the stage.
  3. (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
    • Events unfolded in an unexpected way.
  4. (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
    • to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science
    Synonyms:
    expose
  5. (transitive) To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.
    Antonyms:
    fold

Verb (2)

unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)

  1. (transitive) To release from a fold or pen.
    • to unfold sheep

See all 7 meanings of unfold

Forms of unfolde

third-person singular presentunfoldes
present participleunfolding
past participleunfolded
pastunfolded

Questions about unfolde

What is unfolde the obsolete spelling of?
Unfolde is the obsolete spelling of unfold.

Words near unfolde in the dictionary

  1. unfold
  2. unfoldability
  3. unfoldable
  4. unfoldase
  5. unfoldases
  6. unfolde
  7. unfolded
  8. unfoldedness
  9. unfolder
  10. unfolders
  11. unfoldes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfolde (page history and authors); unfold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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