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unfolded

unfolded is the simple past and past participle 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

Adjective

unfolded (not comparable)

  1. Not folded.
    • The campaigners main requests are to have a dedicated space for unfolded prams on trains, with a reservation system for that space.2022 February 9, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Scorecard developed to rate family-friendly operators”, in RAIL, number 950, page 23

Words formed from unfolded

Questions about unfolded

What does unfolded mean?
Unfolded means not folded.
What is unfolded the simple past and past participle of?
Unfolded is the simple past and past participle of unfold.
What part of speech is unfolded?
Unfolded is an adjective.

Words near unfolded in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfolded (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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