Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
2. (intransitive) To become unwrapped.
3. (transitive, computing) To remove word wrap from.
4. (transitive, computer graphics) To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.
5. An act of unwrapping.

Example Sentences

For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten.

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.

“I like your glasses,” she says as she unwraps a platter of brownies. “They’re very hip. Retro, even.”

Use the SHIFT key to unwrap text.

Each of us, content within / this yuletide season we begin, / the cheerfulness of eager voices, / at each unwrap, a child rejoices.

Word Forms

• unwraps
• unwrapping
• unwrapped

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When Should You Use Unwrap?

Use unwrap when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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