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unwrap

[ uhn-rap ]

verb (used with object)

unwrapped, unwrapping.
  1. to remove or open the wrapping of.
  2. to open (something wrapped):

    Sheila unwrapped the Christmas presents quickly.



verb (used without object)

unwrapped, unwrapping.
  1. to become unwrapped.

unwrap

/ ʌˈæ /

verb

  1. to remove the covering or wrapping from (something) or (of something wrapped) to have the covering come off
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unwrap1

1200–50; Middle English unwrappen; un- 2, wrap
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It was the summer of 1965 when a captain and student pilot forgot they had placed unwrapped teacakes above their instrument panels.

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Arriving in Tampa this week, they settled into the best team hotel available — a perk bestowed to the highest seed in the tournament — and unwrapped Jordan Brand swag bags.

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“The play unwraps and unravels an artifact of history,” Gronich said.

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A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years.

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Draped in blue plastic until it's unveiling, the statue proved a little tricky to unwrap and the crowd cheered once it was finally revealed.

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