Unwrap
[ʌn'ræp]
Definition
(verb.) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; 'The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold'; 'The actress won't reveal how old she is'; 'bring out the truth'; 'he broke the news to her'; 'unwrap the evidence in the murder case'.
(verb.) remove the outer cover or wrapping of; 'Let's unwrap the gifts!'; 'undo the parcel'.
Typed by Hector--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
Checker: Rudolph
Definition
v.t. to open what is wrapped or folded.—v.i. to become unwrapped.
Checked by Gilbert
Examples
- Carefully he unwrapped it, removing layer after layer of leaves until at length he held a photograph in his hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Rinaldi was not in the room but his things were there and I sat down on the bed and unwrapped my puttees and took the shoe off my right foot. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He unwrapped it, and showed Anna a large volume. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He unwrapped no mummies as Cambyses had done; he took no liberties with Apis, the sacred bull of Memphis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Jeremy