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.

Verb

To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen.

to unbend a bow

To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.

to unbend the mind from study or care

* Shakespeare

You do unbend your noble strength.

To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.

To cast loose or untie, as a rope.

To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.

*1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI

*:He spent the afternoon shaping a swagger-stick from the branch of jarrah and talking with Miss La Rue, who had sufficiently unbent toward him to notice his existence.