unfurling
Gradually spreading open
Unfurling is the present participle of unfurl—to unroll or spread out something that was furled or rolled up.
Flags unfurl, sails unfurl, scrolls unfurl.
The word extends to gradual revelation or development: The scandal kept unfurling over weeks.
Spring unfurling in the garden.
Gradually becoming apparent
- unrollingExtending something coiled
- spreadingExtending over space
- openingGap or start
- extendingIncreasing in reach
stretching · uncurling · uncoiling · unwinding · releasing · loosening · flaring · fanning
Making known what's hidden
- emergingComing into view
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- blossomingBeginning to flower
- bloomingProducing flowers now
displaying · exposing · uncovering · presenting · disclosing · appearing · manifesting · dawning
unfolding
Gradually becoming apparent
extending · stretching · uncurling · uncoiling · unwinding · releasing · loosening · flaring · fanning · billowing
revealing
Making known what's hidden
- emergingComing into view
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- blossomingBeginning to flower
blooming · displaying · exposing · uncovering · presenting · disclosing · appearing · manifesting · dawning · surfacing
- SpringApril, May, spring equinox, spring flowers, cherry blossoms
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- spring growthflowering, blooming, buds, budding, shoots
- stretchingreaching, extending, lengthening, spreading, expanding
- flowering stagesblooming, blossoming, budding, opening, peak bloom
unfurlingfurling
Rolling up sails
rolling up · folding · curling up · wrapping · crumpling
unfurlingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · obscuring · suppressing · shrouding · withdrawing
unfurlingcontracting
Reducing in volume
retracting · shrinking · receding · diminishing · withering