unwrap

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unwrap

  • /ʌnˈɹæp/

Rhymes with -æp

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From Middle English unwrappen, equivalent to un- + wrap.

verb unwraps · unwrapping · unwrapped

  1. transitive To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. 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.
  2. intransitive To become unwrapped.
  3. transitive To remove word wrap from. Use the SHIFT key to unwrap text.
  4. transitive To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.

noun unwraps

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

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verb undo what is wrapped

日本語解く hodoku, 開梱する kaikon suru
中文解開 /解开 jiěkāi
Portuguêsdesembrulhar
Françaisdéballer
Deutschauspacken, auswickeln, auseinanderwickeln
Românădespacheta, desface
Русскийразвора́чивать razvoráčivatʹ, развёртывать razvjórtyvatʹ, разверну́ть razvernútʹ

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@misc{unwrap_2026,
  title = {unwrap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unwrap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}