unwrap
Use Unwrap in a sentence
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.
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| —vb , -wraps, -wrapping, -wrapped | |
| to remove the covering or wrapping from (something) or (of something wrapped) to have the covering come off | |
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Unwrap
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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.
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