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UNPACK
unpack, take out
(verb) remove from its packing; “unpack the presents”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
unpack (third-person singular simple present unpacks, present participle unpacking, simple past and past participle unpacked)
(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
(intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
(transitive) To analyze a concept or a text.
(linguistics, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
(computing, transitive) To decompress.
Antonyms
• pack
Source: Wiktionary
Un*pack", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + pack.]
1. To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk.
2. To relieve of a pack or burden. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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