verb / uhn-furld / unfurl / unfurled / unfurls / unfurling / unfurlable

(Patterns & Shapes) to spread out and develop from a curled state

When I was young and bold and strong,
The right was right, the wrong was wrong.
With plume on high and flag unfurled,
I rode away to right the world.
But now I’m old – and good and bad,
Are woven in a crazy plaid.
I sit and say the world is so,
And wise is s/he who lets it go.

Dorothy Parker