unscroll

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ scroll.

Verb

unscroll (third-person singular simple present unscrolls, present participle unscrolling, simple past and past participle unscrolled)

  1. To open or unfold progressively, as a scroll does.
    • 2008 March 30, The New York Times, “Zimbabweans Vote, Desperate for Change”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Lines were long at the polling stations here well before morning had unscrolled its first light.
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