unfolded

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of unfold.

   She unfolded the map and traced the route with her finger.

   Events unfolded faster than anyone had expected.

   Note

   One spelling does the work of both the simple past and the participle, and the object decides the rest. She unfolded the map takes one; events unfolded needs none. Only the transitive uses, such as opening something out or revealing a plan, can become passive: the map was unfolded, the plan was unfolded to the board. Before a noun it meets the adjective meaning "not folded", which describes a state rather than an action.

2. 2
   adjective

   Lying flat and open rather than folded or creased together.

   An unfolded sheet of paper drifted off the cluttered desk.

   The architect kept the blueprints unfolded across the conference table all afternoon.

   Similaropen, flat

   Oppositefolded

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