"unroll" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unroll.wav [UK] Forms: unrolls [present, singular, third-person], unrolling [participle, present], unrolled [participle, past], unrolled [past]
Etymology: From un- + roll. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|roll}} un- + roll Head templates: {{en-verb}} unroll (third-person singular simple present unrolls, present participle unrolling, simple past and past participle unrolled)
  1. (transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unroll-en-verb-5LZWAX5-
  2. (intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-unroll-en-verb-aKSd96Sc
  3. (transitive, programming, software compilation) To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Compilation, Programming Synonyms: unwind
    Sense id: en-unroll-en-verb-SrTVdSVD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 8 65 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 11 65 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 29 29 42 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences, software-compilation
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: unfold, unfurl

Inflected forms

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