Dictionary

unwrap en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʌnˈɹæp/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 2010, Gilbert Goodman, It's Poetry: Suck it Up!, page 17:

Forms

unwrap en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʌnˈɹæp/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
   • 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. 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • “I like your glasses,” she says as she unwraps a platter of brownies. “They’re very hip. Retro, even.” 2015, Carrie Mesrobian, Cut Both Ways, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, pages 6–7:
   • Soon the plate was full of wingless bats and batless wings. He covered the plate of broken bats and quickly unwrapped the plate of cat cookies. Snap, snap, snap went their tails. Snap, snap, snap went their legs. 2010, Ann M. Jayne, Kory's Jungle, page 145:
2. (intransitive) To become unwrapped.
3. (transitive) To remove word wrap from.
   • Use the SHIFT key to unwrap text. 1996, Levi Reiss, The Eudora User's Guide, page 246:
4. (transitive) To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.

Forms

Deriveds

unwrapper · unwrappable

Translations (27)

is taka utan af (undo what is wrapped) · mi tūhura (undo what is wrapped) · ro despacheta (undo what is wrapped) · pt desembrulhar (undo what is wrapped) · bg развивам (undo what is wrapped) · ru разверну́ть (undo what is wrapped) · bg разопаковам (undo what is wrapped) · hu kibont (undo what is wrapped) · cmn 解開 /解开 (undo what is wrapped) · de auswickeln (undo what is wrapped) · gv foshil magh (undo what is wrapped) · de auseinanderwickeln (undo what is wrapped) · fo pakka upp (undo what is wrapped) · mr पदतर उघडणे (undo what is wrapped) · fr déballer (undo what is wrapped) · ja 開梱する (undo what is wrapped) · nl uitpakken (undo what is wrapped) · ru развора́чивать (undo what is wrapped) · ja 解く (undo what is wrapped) · de auspacken (undo what is wrapped) · ga clúdach a bhaint de (undo what is wrapped) · ro desface (undo what is wrapped) · gv neufill (undo what is wrapped) · da pakke ud (undo what is wrapped) · fi purkaa (undo what is wrapped) · ru развёртывать (undo what is wrapped) · gv jee-hoaill (undo what is wrapped)