Unfurl is a more common word than its opposite, furl, which means "roll or fold." The French origin is ferler, "to furl," from the Old French roots fer, "firm" and lier, "bind."

What does unfurl meaning?

transitive verb. : to release from a furled state. intransitive verb. : to open out from or as if from a furled state : unfold.

What does unfurl links mean?

Unfurl takes a URL and expands ("unfurls") it into a directed graph, extracting every bit of information from the URL and exposing the obscured. It does this by breaking up a URL up into components, extracting as much information as it can from each piece, and presenting it all visually.