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un·wrap
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ʌnˈræp
/
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uhn-
rap
]
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verb,
un·wrapped,
un·wrap·ping.
verb (used with object)
1.
to remove or open the wrapping of.
2.
to open (something wrapped):
Sheila unwrapped the Christmas presents quickly.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become unwrapped.
Origin:
1200–50;
Middle English
unwrappen;
see
un-
2
,
wrap
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unwrap
(ʌnˈræp)
—
vb
,
-wraps
,
-wrapping
,
-wrapped
to remove the covering or wrapping from (something) or (of something wrapped) to have the covering come off
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
unwrap
late 14c., from
un-
(2) +
wrap
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
If security officers need to inspect a package, they may have to
unwrap
it.
Kids are simply less active today-and more likely to
unwrap
fatty meals than to
prepare healthy ones.
Security officers may have to
unwrap
gifts to inspect them.
Later, they crept back to
unwrap
the pipe cleaners and retrieve the uneaten
bugs.
He attempted to loosen the chain from the tree so he could
unwrap
the chain from around the tree.
Security officers will
unwrap
items if a closer look is necessary.
Either the collector or the donor, with both present, shall
unwrap
or break the seal of the collection container.
Unwrap
the stories behind four new holiday albums.
Unwrap
your foot and scrub the areas with a pumice stone.
Pull dough from freezer and
unwrap
onto lightly floured surface.
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