unfold

unfold
1. transitive verb
entfalten; ausbreiten [Zeitung, Landkarte]

unfold one's armsdie Arme ausstrecken

2. intransitive verb
1) (open out) [Knospe:] sich öffnen; [Flügel:] sich entfalten
2) (develop) sich entwickeln; [Geheimnis:] sich aufklären

as the story unfolded — im weiteren Verlauf der Geschichte

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verb
1) (to open and spread out (a map etc): He sat down and unfolded his newspaper.) entfalten
2) (to (cause to) be revealed or become known: She gradually unfolded her plan to them.) enthüllen
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un·fold
[ʌnˈfəʊld, AM -ˈfoʊld]
I. vt
1. (open out)
to \unfold sth etw entfalten [o auseinanderfalten]
to \unfold one's arms seine Arme ausbreiten
to \unfold a table einen Tisch aufklappen
2. (fig: make known)
to \unfold one's ideas/plans seine Ideen/Pläne darlegen
to \unfold a story eine Geschichte entwickeln
II. vi
1. (develop) sich akk entwickeln
2. (become revealed) enthüllt werden
3. (become unfolded) aufgehen, sich akk entfalten
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[ʌn'fəʊld]
1. vt
1) paper, cloth auseinanderfalten, entfalten; (= spread out) wings ausbreiten; arms lösen; chair, table aufklappen, auseinanderklappen
2) (fig) story entwickeln (to vor +dat); plans, ideas entfalten, darlegen (
to +dat); secret enthüllen, eröffnen
2. vi
(story, plot) sich abwickeln; (truth) an den Tag kommen, sich herausstellen; (view, personality, flower) sich entfalten; (countryside) sich ausbreiten
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unfold
A v/t
1. auf-, entfalten, ausbreiten, öffnen
2. fig enthüllen, darlegen, offenbaren
3. fig eine Geschichte etc entwickeln
B v/i
1. sich entfalten, sich öffnen
2. fig sich entwickeln
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1. transitive verb
entfalten; ausbreiten [Zeitung, Landkarte]

unfold one's arms — die Arme ausstrecken

2. intransitive verb
1) (open out) [Knospe:] sich öffnen; [Flügel:] sich entfalten
2) (develop) sich entwickeln; [Geheimnis:] sich aufklären

as the story unfolded — im weiteren Verlauf der Geschichte

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v.
entfalten v.
offenlegen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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