unfold

intransitive verb

To open and spread out (something folded); extend.

intransitive verb

To remove the coverings from; disclose to view.

intransitive verb

To reveal gradually by written or spoken explanation; make known.

intransitive verb

To become spread out; open out.

intransitive verb

To develop or occur as a series of events or stages.

intransitive verb

To be revealed gradually to the understanding.

To open the folds of; expand; spread out; change from a folded condition, in any sense of the word fold. To lay open to view or contemplation; make known in all the details; develop; disclose; reveal: as, to unfold one’s designs; to unfold the principles of a science.

To show, or let be seen; display.

To become opened out; be spread apart; become disclosed or developed; develop itself.