unzip
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unzip
Rhymes with -ɪp
verb unzips · unzipping · unzipped
- To open something using a zipper. He turned back and started unzipping a bag.
- To come open by means of a zipper.
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To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.
Similar: uncompress, decompress
Opposite: zip up
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verb
Opposite: zip up
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verb to open something using a zipper
| Español | bajar el síper, abrir el riqui |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Reißverschluss öffnen |
verb computing: to decompress a zip file
| Español | descomprimir |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 解壓縮 /解压缩 jiěyāsuō |
| Português | descomprimir, descompactar, deszipar |
| Français | décompresser, dézipper |
| Deutsch | entpacken, dekomprimieren, entzippen |
| Italiano | decomprimere |
| Ελληνικά | αποσυμπιέζω aposympiézo |
| עברית | חלץ h'aletz, פשט fashét |
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