unfurlings
Flags catching wind
Unfurlings are instances of spreading or unrolling something that was furled—flags unfurling in the wind, sails opening to catch air, or fern fronds uncurling in spring.
The word often appears in figurative contexts: the unfurlings of a new political movement, the gradual unfurlings of her personality.
Each unfurling suggests revelation or expansion from a previously closed state.
Limbs for flight
- spreadingExtending over space
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- openingGap or start
expansion · reaching · broadening · deploying · fanning out · dance · gesture · spanning
Wind-catching boat fabric
- flagsSymbolic national cloths
- bannersLarge displayed cloth signs
- scrollsRolled written records
- ribbonsNarrow fabric strips
curtains · tapestries · canopies · awnings · bunting · streamers · draping · cloth
Colored bloom segments
- frondsDivided leaf blades
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- blossomsFlowers on trees
buds · tendrils · shoots · blooming · flowers · foliage · palm fronds · banana leaves
Concealed information
- truthsAccurate statements about reality
- mysteriesUnexplained phenomena or events
- narrativesAccounts of events
- storiesAccounts or building levels
discoveries · disclosures · unveilings · exposures · revelations · manifestations · epiphanies · dawning
wings
Limbs for flight
- spreadingExtending over space
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
opening · expansion · reaching · broadening · deploying · fanning out · dance · gesture · spanning · embrace
sails
Wind-catching boat fabric
ribbons · curtains · tapestries · canopies · awnings · bunting · streamers · draping · cloth · pennants
petals
Colored bloom segments
blossoms · buds · tendrils · shoots · blooming · flowers · foliage · palm fronds · banana leaves · lotus
secrets
Concealed information
- truthsAccurate statements about reality
- mysteriesUnexplained phenomena or events
- narrativesAccounts of events
stories · discoveries · disclosures · unveilings · exposures · revelations · manifestations · epiphanies · dawning · realizations
unfurlingscollapses
Suddenly falls inward
retractions · foldings · rollings · contractions · closings
unfurlingsconcealments
Acts of hiding something
hidings · coverings · suppressions · veilings · withdrawals
unfurlingscollapses
Suddenly falls inward
contractions · retractions · regressions · declines · witherings