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un⋅pack

  [uhn-pak]
Use unpack in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
2. to remove (something) from a container, suitcase, etc.
3. to unburden, as the mind; reveal.
4. to decipher or discern (the meaning of symbols, statements, etc.): Each statement could be unpacked in the general theory.
5. to remove a pack or load from (a horse, vehicle, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
6. to remove the contents of a container.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME unpakken. See un- 2 , pack 1

Related forms:
un⋅pack⋅er, noun
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un·pack   (ŭn-pāk')   
v.   un·packed, un·pack·ing, un·packs

v.   tr.

  1. To remove the contents of (a suitcase, for example).

  2. To remove from a container, from packaging, or from packing.

  3. To remove a pack from (a pack animal).

v.   intr.
To unpack objects from a container.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

unpack 
1472, from un- (2) + pack. Cf. Du. ontpakken.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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