unfold | آنتای | آنتاییدن
آنتاییدن = آن (اَن) + تای + یدن
آنْتای| ântây
دیکشنری نارسیس
unfold
اشكار كردن، فاش كردن اشكار شدن، رها كردن، بازكردن، تاه چيزى را گشودن
دیکشنری آریانپور
unfold un.fold
- (چيز تا كرده را) گستردن، پهن كردن، (كاشانى) شيد كردن
to unfold the tableclothروميزى را پهن كردنto fold and then to unfold the armsدستان خود را جمع و سپس از هم باز كردن
- هويدا كردن، برملا كردن
the story is unfolded through dialogueداستان از طريق گفتگو برملا مى‌شود.
- (بسته‌بندى و غيره را) باز كردن، گشودن
- كاملا رشد كردن، پيشرفته شدن
ریشه شناسی
- پهلوی: tâk به معنای دانه و تا
- فارسی: تا، تاه، تای، ته
- بلوچی: tâk
- پشتو: tâk به معنای تا، چین، لا
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (5th)
unfold
un‧fold /ʌnˈfəʊld $ -ˈfoʊld/ verb
[Word Family: verb: fold, unfold; noun: fold, folder; adjective: folded, folding]
۱. [intransitive and transitive] if a story unfolds, or if someone unfolds it, it is told:
• As the story unfolds, we learn more about Max’s childhood.
۲. [intransitive] if a series of events unfold, they happen:
• He had watched the drama unfold from a nearby ship.
۳. [intransitive and transitive] if you unfold something that was folded, or if it unfolds, it opens out:
• He unfolded the map.
[Word Family: verb: fold, unfold; noun: fold, folder; adjective: folded, folding]
۱. [intransitive and transitive] if a story unfolds, or if someone unfolds it, it is told:
• As the story unfolds, we learn more about Max’s childhood.
۲. [intransitive] if a series of events unfold, they happen:
• He had watched the drama unfold from a nearby ship.
۳. [intransitive and transitive] if you unfold something that was folded, or if it unfolds, it opens out:
• He unfolded the map.
New Oxford Thesaurus Dictionary
unfold
Øverb
۱ Ma unfolded the evening paper
OPEN OUT, spread out, stretch out, flatten, straighten out, unfurl, unroll, unravel, uncoil, unwind, extend.
-opposite(s): FOLD UP.
۲ as she unfolded her tale Joanna’s face fell
NARRATE, relate, recount, tell, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, present, communicate, report, recite, portray, elaborate, clarify, spell out, give an account of, set forth, set out.
۳ I watched the events unfold
DEVELOP, evolve, happen, take place, occur, transpire, unroll, emerge, grow, progress, mature, work out, untangle, bear fruit, blossom.
WordWeb
unfold
Øverb
۱ Ma unfolded the evening paper
OPEN OUT, spread out, stretch out, flatten, straighten out, unfurl, unroll, unravel, uncoil, unwind, extend.
-opposite(s): FOLD UP.2 as she unfolded her tale Joanna’s face fell
NARRATE, relate, recount, tell, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, present, communicate, report, recite, portray, elaborate, clarify, spell out, give an account of, set forth, set out.3 I watched the events unfold
DEVELOP, evolve, happen, take place, occur, transpire, unroll, emerge, grow, progress, mature, work out, untangle, bear fruit, blossom.
Øverb
۱ Ma unfolded the evening paper
OPEN OUT, spread out, stretch out, flatten, straighten out, unfurl, unroll, unravel, uncoil, unwind, extend.
-opposite(s): FOLD UP.2 as she unfolded her tale Joanna’s face fell
NARRATE, relate, recount, tell, reveal, make known, disclose, divulge, present, communicate, report, recite, portray, elaborate, clarify, spell out, give an account of, set forth, set out.3 I watched the events unfold
DEVELOP, evolve, happen, take place, occur, transpire, unroll, emerge, grow, progress, mature, work out, untangle, bear fruit, blossom.
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Babylon English
v.open something that was folded; reveal, explain; become unfolded, be revealed, become apparen