different between unfold vs unwad

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)

1. To undo a folding.

   • Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.

2. (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.

3. (transitive) To reveal.

   • Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing  To what I shall unfold.

4. To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.

5. To release from a fold or pen.

Synonyms

• (to reveal): expose, uncover; see also Thesaurus:reveal

Antonyms

• fold

Translations

Noun

unfold (plural unfolds)

1. (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.

English

Etymology

un- +? wad

Verb

unwad (third-person singular simple present unwads, present participle unwadding, simple past and past participle unwadded)

1. (transitive) To unfold (something wadded).
   • 1999, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Chicken soup for the college soul (page 37)

     […] and he's never in his life managed to unwad a pair of socks before putting them in the hamper.

   • 2009, Terri Blackstock, Double Minds

     Glancing back at the bathroom, she picked up and unwadded the paper. It was nothing. Just some download instructions from a computer help screen.