Verb

(en verb)

To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

To obtain access to something.

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To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.

To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.

*

He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked .

Verb

To undo a folding.

* Herbert

Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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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.