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unfurling

unfurling is the present participle and gerund of unfurl.

Meaning of unfurl

Verb

unfurl (third-person singular simple present unfurls, present participle unfurling, simple past and past participle unfurled)

  1. To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
    • They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.
    Synonyms:
    splay
  2. (figuratively) To roll out or debut anything.
    • When will we be unfurling the new feature?
  3. (intransitive) To open up by unrolling.
  4. (figuratively, intransitive) To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress.

Noun

unfurling (plural unfurlings)

  1. The act by which something is unfurled.
    • Are there not here some sounds of a gathering together of armies, some blasts of the trumpets of war, some unfurlings of hostile banners, some noise of chariots and tramplings of horses rushing to the battle?1849, Christopher Wordsworth, Lectures on the Apocalypse, page 466

Forms of unfurling

pluralunfurlings

Questions about unfurling

What does unfurling mean?
Unfurling means the act by which something is unfurled.
What is unfurling the present participle and gerund of?
Unfurling is the present participle and gerund of unfurl.
What part of speech is unfurling?
Unfurling is a noun.
What is the plural of unfurling?
The plural of unfurling is unfurlings.

Words near unfurling in the dictionary

  1. unfurcate
  2. unfurious
  3. unfurl
  4. unfurlable
  5. unfurled
  6. unfurling
  7. unfurlings
  8. unfurloughed
  9. unfurls
  10. unfurnish
  11. unfurnished

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfurling (page history and authors); unfurl (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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