Unwrap

//ʌnˈɹæp// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of unwrapping.

    "Each of us, content within / this yuletide season we begin, / the cheerfulness of eager voices, / at each unwrap, a child rejoices."

Verb
  1. 1
    To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. transitive

    "For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten."

  2. 2
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret wordnet
  3. 3
    To become unwrapped. intransitive
  4. 4
    remove the outer cover or wrapping of wordnet
  5. 5
    To remove word wrap from. transitive

    "Use the SHIFT key to unwrap text."

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  1. 6
    To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane. transitive

Synonyms

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disclosebarebreakbreak the sealbring outbring to light

Example

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"I'm going to unwrap the package."

Etymology

From Middle English unwrappen, equivalent to un- + wrap.

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