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# unroll

«unroll» in Mova's school dictionary: **To open out something that was rolled up so it lies flat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (unroll, unrolls, unrolled, unrolling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To open out something that was rolled up so it lies flat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#m1)

2) To become open and flat after being rolled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and school: unroll a sleeping bag, a mat, a poster, a map, a roll of paper. In maths, unrolling a cylinder (a tube) shows a rectangle, which helps you find its surface area.

### examples

- We unrolled our sleeping bags in the tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#x1)
- The teacher unrolled the big map on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#x2)
- Unroll the yoga mat before class starts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#x3)
- The scroll slowly unrolled on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#x4)
- If you unroll the label of a tin, it is a rectangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#x5)
- She unrolled the carpet and it covered the whole room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#x6)
- He went his way, but she remained where she was, unrolling the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: unrolled, unrolling (double l). Opposite: roll up. Takes «an» only as «an unrolled map». Maths: an unrolled cylinder side is a rectangle whose length is the distance round the circle.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unroll» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unroll/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.