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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unzip en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English zip English unzip From un- + zip.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To open something using a zipper.
    • He turned back and started unzipping a bag. 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 274:
  2. (intransitive) To come open by means of a zipper.
  3. (transitive) To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unzipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unzipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unzipped Tense=Past lexicographic
unzips Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

zip up

Deriveds

unzipper · unzippable

Synonyms

decompress · uncompress

Translations (37)

de Reißverschluss öffnen (to open something using a zipper) · es bajar el síper (to open something using a zipper) · de dekomprimieren (computing: to decompress a zip file) · fi avata vetoketju (to open something using a zipper) · fi purkaa (computing: to decompress a zip file) · de entzippen (computing: to decompress a zip file) · he פשט (computing: to decompress a zip file) · nrf dêziper (computing: to decompress a zip file) · el αποσυμπιέζω (computing: to decompress a zip file) · oc descomprimir (computing: to decompress a zip file) · bg отварям ципа (to open something using a zipper) · cmn 解壓縮 /解压缩 (computing: to decompress a zip file) · pt descomprimir (computing: to decompress a zip file) · hu kicipzároz (to open something using a zipper) · he חלץ (computing: to decompress a zip file) · mi whewhera (computing: to decompress a zip file) · bg разархивирам (computing: to decompress a zip file) · fr dézipper (computing: to decompress a zip file) · is afþjappa (computing: to decompress a zip file) · hu kicsomagol (computing: to decompress a zip file) · hu kinyílik a cipzárja (to come open by means of a zipper) · es abrir el riqui (to open something using a zipper) · hu kibont (computing: to decompress a zip file) · pt descompactar (computing: to decompress a zip file) · nrf dêziper (to open something using a zipper) · fr décompresser (computing: to decompress a zip file) · hu kitömörít (computing: to decompress a zip file) · cs dekomprimovat (computing: to decompress a zip file) · nrf dêziper (to come open by means of a zipper) · hu kinyitja a cipzárját (to open something using a zipper) · bg разгъвам (computing: to decompress a zip file) · es descomprimir (computing: to decompress a zip file) · it decomprimere (computing: to decompress a zip file) · de entpacken (computing: to decompress a zip file) · pt deszipar (computing: to decompress a zip file) · ca descomprimir (computing: to decompress a zip file) · gl descomprimir (computing: to decompress a zip file)