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unpack - 4 dictionary results

un⋅pack

[uhn-pak]
–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


un⋅pack⋅er, noun
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.

Unpack

Un*pack"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pack.]

1. To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk.

2. To relieve of a pack or burden. [R.] --Shak.
Language Translation for : unpack
Spanish: desempaquetar, desenvolver, desembalar; deshacer (maleta),
German: auspacken,
Japanese: 開けて取出す

unpack 
1472, from un- (2) + pack. Cf. Du. ontpakken.
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