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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unroll 
  v  1:  reverse  the  winding  or  twisting  of  "unwinda  ball  of  yarn" 
  [syn:  {unwind},  {wind  off}]  [ant:  {wind}] 
  2:  unroll,  unfold,  or  spread  out  or  be  unrolled,  unfolded,  or 
  spread  out  from  a  furled  state;  "unfurl  a  banner"  [syn:  {unfurl}] 
  [ant:  {roll  up}] 




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