0 past simple and past participle of unfurl
1 If a flag, sail, or banner unfurls, it becomes open from a rolled position, and if you unfurl a flag, etc., you make it do this:
The demonstrators unfurled a large banner.
He unfurled a banner with a slogan about global warming and was then arrested by police on the roof.
These would be unfurled across the windows at dusk to keep in the heat, as well as keeping the house more secure.
The term is also used in describing the unfurled frond of certain fern species.
Malaysian schoolgirls unfurled hundreds of colourful umbrellas, and brightly attired performers danced.
Circuitous, complex lines are unfurled into rare, blooming chords in much the way a magician pulls flowers out of his pocket.
The roof is now being unfurled.
The boat is rowed out from the bank with a net in the stern that is unfurled as the boat goes out.
Other banners would have been unfurled and our influence swept away.
