Unfurl: alternatives and connections

With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the re…

To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to…

To spread out; to expand.

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams.

A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; --…

To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to…

To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

To unfold; to expand; to lay open.

Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.

To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly…

To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especi…

A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direc…