unroll
verb
un·roll
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unrolled;
unrolling;
unrolls
Examples of unroll in a Sentence
He carefully unrolled the ancient scroll.
I unrolled the new carpet.
When we arrived at the cabin, we unrolled our sleeping bags.
The hose will unroll if you pull on it.
Last week, the government unrolled a new vaccination campaign.
The scandal unrolled over the course of several weeks.
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The Bradley Bunch had to assemble at the bottom of the baggage claim stairs, unroll their posters and greet their team. — Shawn Mcfarland, courant.com, "Meet the Bradley Bunch, a group of Hartford Athletic fans who welcome the soccer team at the airport after every away game," 10 Aug. 2019 The three-minute clip features troops unleashing rounds of gunfire, blowing up cars, unrolling barbed-wire barricades and launching missiles. — Time, "Chinese Military Video Seen as a Thinly Veiled Warning to Hong Kong," 1 Aug. 2019 There's also the race to be first: Just ask Elon Musk, who recently teased at an investor's day that Tesla could unroll autonomous vehicles as soon as next year. — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, "These Women Are Building Uber's First Self-Driving Car," 16 July 2019 Klobuchar's 18-member team unrolled nine key endorsements last month. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, "In New Hampshire, 2020 Democrats battle for every voter they can find," 9 Aug. 2019 Gently roll the dough onto the pin, then unroll into a 9-inch regular (not deep-dish) pie dish, centering it. — Los Angeles Times, "Duck fat: the magic ingredient you didn’t know your peach pie needed," 27 July 2019 The episodes would unroll randomly, surprising us with their order, putting unlikely episodes side-by-side. — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, "This week in TV: ‘Stranger Things’ is back, channel surfing lives, and TV goes to the movies," 30 June 2019 The idea came to Porche after seeing a volunteer at the Regional Military Museum trying to unroll a fragile World War-era photo with a small steamer. — Fox News, "Louisiana dry cleaner helps military museum unravel history," 28 June 2019 Scientists, like the ones at Bell Labs, grow silicon in a tube as a single, uniform crystal, unrolling the tube, and cutting the resulting sheet up into what are known as wafers. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "How Solar Panels Work (And Why They're Taking Over the World)," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unroll.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for unroll
unroll
verb
English Language Learners Definition of unroll
: to make (something that has been rolled) flat : to smooth out (something that is rolled up)
: to make (something) known in a public or formal way
: to happen as time passes
See the full definition for unroll in the English Language Learners Dictionary
unroll
verb
un·roll
| \ ˌən-ˈrōl
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unrolled;
unrolling
Kids Definition of unroll
1
: to unwind a roll of
2
: to become unrolled
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