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unwrap

/ʌnˈɹæp/

unwrap verb: to open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

Verb

unwrap (third-person singular simple present unwraps, present participle unwrapping, simple past and past participle 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.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    • 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.2010, Ann M. Jayne, Kory's Jungle, page 145
  2. (intransitive) To become unwrapped.
  3. (transitive) To remove word wrap from.
    • Use the SHIFT key to unwrap text.1996, Levi Reiss, The Eudora User's Guide, page 246
  4. (transitive) To flatten (a three-dimensional model) into a two-dimensional plane.

Noun

unwrap (plural 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.2010, Gilbert Goodman, It's Poetry: Suck it Up!, page 17

unwrap meaning in Marathi and Urdu

unwrap in Marathi

undo what is wrapped
पदतर उघडणे padatar ughaḍṇe

unwrap in Urdu

افشا کرنا

Examples of unwrap in a sentence

  • Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
  • She unwrapped the slab of chocolate and broke off a piece.
  • Some were worth it, but many buttons remained unpushed after the first eager unwrapping.

All 12 example sentences with unwrap

Forms of unwrap

Verb
third-person singular presentunwraps
present participleunwrapping
past participleunwrapped
pastunwrapped
Noun
pluralunwraps

Past tense of unwrap: unwrapped

Origin of unwrap

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

Words formed from unwrap

Words that rhyme with unwrap

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Questions about unwrap

What does unwrap mean?
Unwrap means to open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
What is unwrap in Marathi?
Unwrap in Marathi is पदतर उघडणे (padatar ughaḍṇe). See Unwrap meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is unwrap?
Unwrap can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce unwrap?
Unwrap is pronounced /ʌnˈɹæp/.
What is the past tense of unwrap?
The past tense of unwrap is unwrapped.

Words near unwrap in the dictionary

  1. unwowable
  2. unwowed
  3. UNWRA
  4. unwracked
  5. unwrangling
  6. unwrap
  7. unwrappable
  8. unwrapped
  9. unwrapper
  10. unwrappers
  11. unwrapping

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unwrap (page history and authors); unwrap (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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