Verb

(en verb)

to remove the cover of an object

The model railway was uncovered .

To reveal the identity of

The murderer has finally been uncovered .

To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.

* Milton

To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.

To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of.

to uncover oneself

Verb

To undo a folding.

* Herbert

Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.

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To turn out; to happen; to develop.

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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.

To reveal.

* , I.v.

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.

* (William Shakespeare)

Unfold the passion of my love.

To release from a fold or pen.