UNPACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpack mean? 

• UNPACK (verb)
  The verb UNPACK has 1 sense:

1. remove from its packing

  Familiarity information: UNPACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPACK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unpack    ... he / she / it unpacks   
Past simple: unpacked   
Past participle: unpacked   
-ing form: unpacking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove from its packing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

take out; unpack

Context example:

unpack the presents

Hypernyms (to "unpack" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unpack"):

bring out; get out (take out of a container or enclosed space)

unbox (remove from a box)

break out (take from stowage in preparation for use)

uncrate (remove from the crate)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

pack (arrange in a container)

 Context examples 

After breakfast we unpacked the bundle in which our leader had brought his climbing accessories.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We all unpacked our baskets, and employed ourselves in getting dinner ready.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The woman came up the three steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her unpack all the pots for him.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Joe sat on the bed while Martin unpacked.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

For example, tickets should not get in contact with food –for instance, meat or fish– while unpacking it in the kitchen.

(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)

Unpack directly into your washing machine after a trip and check your luggage carefully.

(Bedbugs, Environmental Protection Agency)

It has become known that we have never had occasion to unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had to guard them against the second team of dogs, and when he had reentered the cabin the other man had unpacked the sled and fetched water.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

We rested, unpacked, and shopped a little between the showers.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient rummage around opening and unpacking drawers or closets?

(NPI - Rummage Around Opening and Unpacking Drawers or Closets, NCI Thesaurus)