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unscroll

unscroll verb: to open or unfold progressively, as a scroll does.

Verb

unscroll (third-person singular simple present unscrolls, present participle unscrolling, simple past and past participle unscrolled)

  1. To open or unfold progressively, as a scroll does.
    • Lines were long at the polling stations here well before morning had unscrolled its first light.2008 March 30, The New York Times, “Zimbabweans Vote, Desperate for Change”, in New York Times

Forms of unscroll

third-person singular presentunscrolls
present participleunscrolling
past participleunscrolled
pastunscrolled

Origin of unscroll

From un- + scroll.

Questions about unscroll

What does unscroll mean?
Unscroll means to open or unfold progressively, as a scroll does.
What part of speech is unscroll?
Unscroll is a verb.
What is the past tense of unscroll?
The past tense of unscroll is unscrolled.

Words near unscroll in the dictionary

  1. unscriptedly
  2. unscriptedness
  3. unscriptural
  4. unscripturally
  5. unscripturalness
  6. unscroll
  7. unscrollable
  8. unscrolled
  9. unscrolling
  10. unscrolls
  11. unscrubbable

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