ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unwrap

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ʌnˈɹæp/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Unwrap is a verb meaning (transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

Meaning

(transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

More Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To become unwrapped.
  2. (transitive, computing) To remove word wrap from.
  3. (transitive, computer graphics) To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.
  4. An act of unwrapping.

Example Sentences

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“I like your glasses,” she says as she unwraps a platter of brownies. “They’re very hip. Retro, even.”
Each of us, content within / this yuletide season we begin, / the cheerfulness of eager voices, / at each unwrap, a child rejoices.
Soon the plate was full of wingless bats and batless wings. He covered the plate of broken bats and quickly unwrapped the plate of cat cookies. Snap, snap, snap went their tails. Snap, snap, snap went their legs.

Word Forms

Antonyms for unwrap

Common opposites include wrap, wrap up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unveil, uncover, disclose, expose, divulge, reveal.

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