Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unfold
Participle: unfolded
Gerund: unfolding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unfold |
| you | unfold |
| he;she;it | unfolds |
| we | unfold |
| you | unfold |
| they | unfold |
Perfect
| I | have unfolded |
| you | have unfolded |
| he;she;it | has unfolded |
| we | have unfolded |
| you | have unfolded |
| they | have unfolded |
Past
| I | unfolded |
| you | unfolded |
| he;she;it | unfolded |
| we | unfolded |
| you | unfolded |
| they | unfolded |
Pluperfect
| I | had unfolded |
| you | had unfolded |
| he;she;it | had unfolded |
| we | had unfolded |
| you | had unfolded |
| they | had unfolded |
Future
| I | will unfold |
| you | will unfold |
| he;she;it | will unfold |
| we | will unfold |
| you | will unfold |
| they | will unfold |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unfolded |
| you | will have unfolded |
| he;she;it | will have unfolded |
| we | will have unfolded |
| you | will have unfolded |
| they | will have unfolded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unfold |
| you | unfold |
| he;she;it | unfold |
| we | unfold |
| you | unfold |
| they | unfold |
Perfect
| I | have unfolded |
| you | have unfolded |
| he;she;it | have unfolded |
| we | have unfolded |
| you | have unfolded |
| they | have unfolded |
Imperfect
| I | unfolded |
| you | unfolded |
| he;she;it | unfolded |
| we | unfolded |
| you | unfolded |
| they | unfolded |
Pluperfect
| I | had unfolded |
| you | had unfolded |
| he;she;it | had unfolded |
| we | had unfolded |
| you | had unfolded |
| they | had unfolded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unfold |
| you | would unfold |
| he;she;it | would unfold |
| we | would unfold |
| you | would unfold |
| they | would unfold |
Perfect
| I | would have unfolded |
| you | would have unfolded |
| he;she;it | would have unfolded |
| we | would have unfolded |
| you | would have unfolded |
| they | would have unfolded |
Imperative
| you | unfold |
| we | Let's unfold |
| you | unfold |
Verbs conjugated like 'unfold'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unfold'
enfold,
infold,
unbold,
unfolde,
unhold,
unmold,
upfold,
fanfold,
fold,
inhold,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to reveal
- bewray, expose, divulge, reveal
- to change from a smaller form/size to a larger one
- expand, spread, spread out
- to show and display that which was hidden
- bare, bewray, expose, lay bare, nake, open, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unveil
- develop
- evolve, elaborate, explain, reveal, show, describe
- solve
- decipher, unravel, unearth, resolve
- open
- extend, expand
Antonyms
- to cause something to change its shape into a curve
- rectify, straighten, bend, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unroll
- develop
- compress, condense, contract, restrict
- open
- closed, blocked, contracted, compressed
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
unfealdan, "to open or unwrap the folds of," also fig., "to disclose, reveal," from un- (2) + fold (v.). Cf. M.Du.
ontvouden, Ger.
entfalten. Refl. sense is attested from c.1374.
2. From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold. See: Old English '
unfealdan'.
Sample Sentences
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For the child, though nursed so tenderly, and though life was unfolding before her with every brightness that love and wealth could give, had no regret for herself in dying.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Well, well, ” said St. Clare, “ I will; ” and he sat down, and unfolded a newspaper to read.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of common men; — we have the claim of an injured race for reparation. But, then, _I do not want it_; I want a country, a nation, of my own. I think that the African race has peculiarities, yet to be unfolded in the light of civilization and Christianity, which, if not the same with those of the Anglo-Saxon, may prove to be, morally, of even a higher type.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)