# unroll

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #70,364

## Definitions
1. To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
2. To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
3. 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.

## Etymology
From un- + roll.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/unroll