unpack
/ʌnˈpæk/ verb B1- To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack. · They didn't have time to unpack their bags before going out to dinner.
- To empty containers that had been packed. · They didn't have time to unpack before going to dinner.
- To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
- To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
- To decompress (data).
He/she/it unpacks · Past unpacked · Past participle unpacked · -ing form unpacking
Verb forms
- Base form
- unpack
- He/she/it
- unpacks
- Past
- unpacked
- Past participle
- unpacked
- -ing form
- unpacking
From the library
For a day or two we were busily employed in unpacking and laying out our property to the best advantage.
It has become known that we have never had occasion to unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar.
That evening Miss Barry gave Diana a silver bangle bracelet and told the senior members of the household that she had unpacked her valise.
However, I discovered a serious problem when I unpacked the table.
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