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English Dictionary: unroll by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unroll
v
  1. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"
    Synonym(s): unwind, wind off, unroll
    Antonym(s): roll, twine, wind, wrap
  2. unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner"
    Synonym(s): unfurl, unroll
    Antonym(s): roll up, wrap up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unroll \Un*roll"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also
      {unrol}.]
      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.
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