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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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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