unwrap

[ uhn-rap ]
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verb (used with object),un·wrapped, un·wrap·ping.
  1. to remove or open the wrapping of.

  2. to open (something wrapped): Sheila unwrapped the Christmas presents quickly.

verb (used without object),un·wrapped, un·wrap·ping.
  1. to become unwrapped.

Origin of unwrap

1
1200–50; Middle English unwrappen;see un-2, wrap

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British Dictionary definitions for unwrap

unwrap

/ (ʌnˈræp) /


verb-wraps, -wrapping or -wrapped
  1. to remove the covering or wrapping from (something) or (of something wrapped) to have the covering come off

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