different between unfold vs uncrinkle
unfold
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?f??ld/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?fo?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology
From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- +? fold.
Verb
unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)
- To undo a folding.
- Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
- To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
- To release from a fold or pen.
Synonyms
- (to reveal): expose, uncover; see also Thesaurus:reveal
Antonyms
- fold
Translations
Noun
unfold (plural unfolds)
- (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
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uncrinkle
English
Etymology
un- +? crinkle
Verb
uncrinkle (third-person singular simple present uncrinkles, present participle uncrinkling, simple past and past participle uncrinkled)
- To unfold from a crinkled state.
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