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To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.

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  1. v. t. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.
  2. v. t. To display; to reveal.
  3. v. t. To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
  4. v. reverse the winding or twisting of
  5. v. unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
  6. 1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner. 2. To display; to reveal. Dryden. 3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name. If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! Shak.
  7. v:100 v reverse the winding or twisting of v unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state