| obsolete |
| 1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). | |
| It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete. | |
| 2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete. | |
| This software component has been obsoleted. | |
| We are in the process of obsoleting this product. | |
| evolved |
| 1. adj. Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development. | |
| 2. adj. (informal) biologically gifted | |
| 3. v. simple past tense and past participle of evolve | |
| evolve |
| 1. v. To move in regular procession through a system. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To change; transform. | |
| 3. v. To come into being; develop. | |
| 4. v. (biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution. | |
| 5. v. (chemistry) To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction). | |
| to evolve odours | |
| 6. v. To cause something to change or transform. | |
| unfolded |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of unfold | |
| 2. adj. Not folded. | |
| unfold |
| 1. v. To undo a folding. | |
| to unfold a map; to unfold a tablecloth; she unpacks the new dress and unfolds it carefully | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop. | |
| 3. v. To reveal. | |
| 4. v. To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development. | |
| to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science | |
| 5. v. To release from a fold or pen. | |
| to unfold sheep | |
| 6. n. (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold. | |
